Police from Cootamundra Local Area Command have charged a man after he allegedly produced a replica firearm when being stopped by police in Grenfell yesterday.

About 4pm (Tuesday 23 June 2015) a police officer, working as a single-unit, in a fully-marked police vehicle, noticed a white Holden Caprice being driven by a 20-year-old man on Forbes Street.

The followed the vehicle into Gooloogong Road where the driver performed a U-turn and hit the police car.

Police will allege the driver got out of the car and produced what appeared to be a rifle, pointing it at the officer.

Police deployed their Taser to bring the man under control.

He was arrested and taken to Grenfell Police Station where he was charged with take and drive conveyance without consent of owner, drive while disqualified, dishonestly obtain financial advantage by deception, destroy or damage property, use offensive weapon to prevent lawful detention, have custody of a knife in a public place and intimidate police in the execution of their duty.

He was given bail and will appear in Grenfell Local Court on 20 August 2015.