A woman has been arrested after allegedly spitting at a security guard at a New World supermarket in Christchurch.

A police spokeswoman says they received a report of a disorder at the Stanmore Road supermarket in Richmond, about 6:20pm.

She says a person had become aggressive and was spitting.

The police spokeswoman says one person has been taken into custody and are currently being processed.

A New World spokeswoman says the store took entirely the right approach by calling the police to arrest the individual.

“While the company can’t comment on a matter that is with police but suffice to say we take a zero tolerance approach to this type of behaviour. “