Update: Wounding, Surfers Paradise
Gold Coast police have charged a man following the alleged stabbing of another man during a large disturbance in Surfers Paradise yesterday afternoon.
It will be alleged around 3.30pm an altercation broke out between a number of patrons at a licensed premises on Cavill Avenue.
It will be further alleged during the disturbance a 24-year-old man produced an implement and stabbed a 29-year-old man in the neck.
The man was transported to Gold Coast University Hospital with a significant but non-life-threatening stab wound.
A 24-year-old man Labrador man was arrested at the scene and has since been charged with grievous bodily harm, possessing dangerous drugs and possessing utensils or pipes.
He is due to appear in Southport Magistrates Court today.
Investigations are continuing.
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