Police will allege that in the early hours of Tuesday morning, November 19, a 34-year-old Boggabilla man armed himself with a machete and detained a male victim known to him in a vehicle.

The accused then drove the vehicle in and around the Boggabilla township while threatening the victim with the machete.

He forced the victim to purchase a number of items on his behalf at a local service station, before they both returned to the vehicle. The accused man continued to detain the victim inside the vehicle while he drove menacingly throughout Boggabilla.

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When the accused stopped the vehicle and accosted an unknown male in Yeoman Street, the victim escaped and sought refuge in a nearby motel.

The accused male then fled the scene in the victim's car where he proceeded to drive in and around the Boggabilla township and the Toomelah mission.

He evaded police before the stolen vehicle was abandoned in bushland adjacent to the Toomelah Mission.

Later that afternoon, he was located and arrested without incident.

The 34-year-old was charged with a number of serious offences including detaining a person with intent to obtain advantage, armed with intent to commit an indictable offence, take and drive conveyance without consent and intimidation.

The man has been bail refused and is next to appear before the Moree Local Court on February 3, 2020.