A 61-year-old man was charged with possessing an offensive weapon in public on Saturday, the police said in a news release on Sunday.
The police said at around 8 pm on Friday that they received a call for assistance regarding a man setting fire to a housing unit at Lorong 1 Toa Payoh. He was also seen to be armed with a knife.
After seeing the responding police officers, the man allegedly brandished the knife and charged towards them.
The police, after the man refused to comply with instructions to stop his aggressive conduct, had to use a Taser to disarm him, adding that necessary force was used to subdue the man A knife, a Swiss Army knife and a hammer were seized from his possession.
He was charged on Saturday in court under the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act.
The police said it had zero tolerance for acts of violence that threaten the safety of members of the public and public officers performing their duties.