A 20-year-old man was arrested and charged with family violence and weapons offences during a disturbance at an Evatt home on Monday evening.

After speaking to a person at the home, who alleged they had been assaulted by the man, police say they arrested him nearby a short time later.

Police say a search of a backpack being carried by the man revealed a flick knife, knuckledusters, a taser weapon and a canister of pepper spray. A later search of a neighbouring yard located a short sword. All these items are considered prohibited weapons in the ACT.

The man has been charged with four counts of possessing a prohibited weapon, two counts of aggravated property damage, and single counts of possessing an offensive weapon with intent, common assault, attempted assault occasioning actual bodily harm, choke/suffocate/strangle another person, and aggravated reckless threat to kill a person.