Police arrest a man after a verbal threat leads to a CBD operation in Melbourne’s Bourke Street area, according to multiple outlets. The reports say the response begins after Melbourne City Council sends a message to staff shortly before 6pm advising them to avoid Bourke Street. Following the alert, police move to the area and conduct an operation to locate and assess the threat. The man is arrested during the incident, with authorities treating it as a verbal threat that triggered public safety concerns and the heightened police presence in the CBD. The coverage focuses on the timeline around the council staff text and the resulting police activity, but does not provide further details on the threat’s content, the man’s identity, or any additional charges. All sources describe the same sequence: a late-afternoon advisory to avoid Bourke Street, police deployment in response, and the subsequent arrest of a man.