A VIOLENT armed woman was tasered during a dramatic arrest at the Southport Broadwater Parklands overnight.

Police responded to reports of a disturbance in the Southport Broadwater Parklands on Marine Pde about 2.30am.

There they found a transgender person who was allegedly armed with a knife and under the influence of a drug, suspected to be ice.News_Image_File: A woman was arrested and tasered during a dramatic confrontation with police on the Gold Coast. Photo: Channel Nine

During the confrontation the offender allegedly refused to drop the knife and was violent towards officers, who were forced to use a taser to subdue and arrest.



District Superintendent Ben Hanbidge said officers were presented with a volatile situation that could easily have escalated.

"The alleged offender ... believed to be under the influence of cocaine and ice ... was very strong and came at police who deployed a Taser several times," he said. "Although she looks feminine this offender still has the strength of a man."

The alleged offender will front Southport Magistrates Court on April 30.

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News_Image_File: A woman played it up for the cameras as police led her away, even giving a sultry hair flick. Photo: Channel NineNews_Image_File: The woman sneers at a paramedic as she is led away by police. Photo: Channel Nine