A team of officers including K9 have been deployed to apprehend the suspect who was involved in a stoning incident in Navesau yesterday.
The suspect who is in his 30s is known to Police and is of unsound mind and had allegedly erected a roadblock and stoned vehicles approaching the site.
The suspect also threatened a family who was passing by and when Police approached the scene their vehicle was also stoned. A number of other reports of stoning were also received.
The suspect when pursued swam across the river and fled the scene.
The search for the suspect continues.