A 25-year-old Balmain, Couva man was arrested early Boxing Day after he threatened to kill police officers and assaulted one of them.

According to a police report, two officers of the Couva Police Station responded to a report of a wounding around 3.20 am at John Baptiste Road, Balmain, Couva and found the 25-year-old suspect and another man sitting in the gallery of a house at the end of the street.

The 25-year-old man, who was known to police, told the officers that no one made a report, but a woman emerged and told the officers she had called for help.