A man has been stabbed with a broken beer bottle and another charged following the incident after a brawl at a bottle shop in Cooma last night.

About 8.30pm on Saturday 1 December 2012 Police from Monaro Local Area Command were called to a bottle shop in Sharp Street.

Police have been told that there was an earlier altercation between the occupants of a car in the driveway and several customers who were entering the store.

Upon police arrival officers arrested a 22-year-old man. A 25-year-old man left the scene prior to police arrival.

A 33-year-old man was located with lacerations to his chest after allegedly being glassed twice with a broken beer bottle. He was conveyed to Cooma Hospital for treatment with minor lacerations to his stomach and later released.

Investigators seized a broken bottle from the crime scene and it will be forensically examined

The 22-year-old man was charged with affray and common assault. The local man was given strict conditional bail to appear at Cooma Local Court on 9 January 2013.

Today (Sunday 2 December 2012), police interviewed a 25-year-old man in relation to the incident at the Bombala Police Station. He assisted police with their inquiries and it is anticipated he will be charged with armed with intent to commit an indictable offence and affray.

Police continue with their inquiries and it is possible that further people will be charged.