<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A shirtless man sitting on a park bench has been arrested after a three-hour stand-off with police.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officers were called to Brisbane's Botanic Gardens about 1.35pm today over reports of a man sitting on a bench holding an edged weapon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The public park was locked down as officers surrounded the man and specialist police began negotiations. </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><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/south-australia-algal-bloom-updates-102-million-summer-plan/c8b9a03c-d235-416c-8ff4-4de0cc2f6900" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Vouchers and AI submersibles part of $102m plan to tackle algal bloom</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Negotiations continued for hours until the man was taken into custody about 4.35pm after police distracted him and fired non-lethal rounds.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital with minor injuries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The gardens have been reopened.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/brisbane-botanic-gardens-shirtless-man-sitting-on-a-park-bench-arrested-after-threehour-standoff-with-police/e756560b-8910-4667-92e5-615f00171955" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>No charges have been laid and investigations are continuing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>