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A Cou­va man was ar­rest­ed on Box­ing Day af­ter curs­ing and as­sault­ing an of­fi­cer who came to his home to in­ves­ti­gate a re­port­ed dis­tur­bance by his wife.

Po­lice said the 25-year-old of John Bap­tiste Road in Bal­main was tak­en to the Cou­va Po­lice Sta­tion, where he re­mained up to yes­ter­day.

Of­fi­cers ar­rived at the sus­pect’s house around 3.20 am on De­cem­ber 26, af­ter re­ceiv­ing in­for­ma­tion that there had been a wound­ing at the premis­es.