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Police have arrested a man they say breached electronic monitoring bail and assaulted officers in Lower Hutt overnight.
The 45-year-old man was a passenger in a vehicle which police signalled to stop on Naenae Road Shortly before 3.20am.
Police said he gave false details and was taken out of the vehicle to be arrested for breach of EM bail.
But as he was being handcuffed, he allegedly assaulted two police staff, they said.
Police said they deployed tasers, but they did not subdue him and he jumped back into the passenger's seat of the vehicle before it drove away.
A woman and child were in the vehicle at the time so police did not begin a pursuit, and instead observed the vehicle.
Shortly afterwards, the vehicle was found abandoned in Epuni Street.
Police said a dog unit found the man hiding in the bush before he ran from police again, but he was arrested a short distance away and taken into custody.
The man will appear in court, facing charges of breach of bail, escaping police custody, and assaulting police.
