Knife incident in Cumbernauld supermarket
The incident took place between 2.45pm and 3.10pm after staff challenged a man who had allegedly been shoplifting.
The 49-year old man who is alleged to have stolen from the shop got into an altercation with the guard.
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The man soon disappeared but police were called in to trace him and did so successfully.
As a conequence the man has been arrested in relation to shoplifting and for assault.
A report on this incident has been sent to the fiscal in Airdrie.