<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/perth" rel="" target="_blank" title="Perth"><span>Perth</span></a><span> man has been charged with multiple offences following a dramatic arrest inside a casino after he was accused of pointing a gun-shaped object at a car.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police responded to reports that a firearm had been brandished from a white station sedan towards another driver on Teddington Road in Burswood, around three kilometres from the Perth CBD, about 10 am yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A car matching the description was seen driving into the car park at Crown Casino, before two men exited the sedan and entered the venue.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/donald-trump-shooting-washington-gunman-what-we-know/083ee979-ca1e-4586-aabe-180308c8048f"><strong><span>Alleged shooter 'appeared to be targeting Trump'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Both men were arrested on the casino floor and taken into custody.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dramatic bodycam vision captured the moment armed officers swooped on one of the men inside Crown Casino on Sunday morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>No gun was seen in the casino.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/perth-man-charged-after-dramatic-arrest-in-casino-allegedly-pointing-gun-shape-object-at-car/271d5d92-93a5-4176-b244-e2f6ab7c59bc" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>During a later search, police found a novelty cigarette lighter, resembling a firearm, in the toilets of the casino food court.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>WATCH:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/slingshot-ride-snaps-mid-air-in-seville/3a4dc6d6-35dc-431c-b238-82f99190bf07" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Children rescued when slingshot ride snaps mid air</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/two-boys-ride-on-roof-of-sydney-bus/5849a15e-c122-4962-9152-37651754c909" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Teenagers who rode on bus roof sought by police</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 31-year-old man from Thornlie has since been charged with four offences, including being armed in a way that may cause fear, being armed in or near a place of entertainment, possessing drug paraphernalia in or on which there was a prohibited drug or plant and possession of a prohibited drug.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was granted bail to appear before the Perth Magistrates Court on May 22.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The second man, aged in his 40s, was released without charge.</span></div></div><div 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