The police received reports of a man damaging cars on Cassarino road, St Paul's Bay, at 11.30pm on Monday night.
In a statement, the police said that upon arrival at the location, they found a man, 25-years-old from Nigeria, nearby with a long metal rod in his hand and proceeded to arrest him. They found another such metal rod as well as a knife on him.
The man became aggressive while being arrested and pepper spray had to be used. The man also caused damage to a police vehicle.
Two police officers were injured slightly during the arrest.
The man was arrested and investigations are ongoing.