Vision obtained exclusively by 9News shows heavily armed police searching the apartment before arresting the 28-year-old man.

Police say the stranger was held hostage by the man.

The police were alerted shortly after midnight due to reports of a domestic altercation involving a man and a woman inside a vehicle on the Parade in Kensington Gardens.

The man allegedly tried to flee from police and led them on a car chase, where he nearly collided with a patrol car.

The chase went on through multiple suburbs until it ended up at Kiruna Avenue in Hove.

He allegedly dumped the car at the back of an apartment complex, entering the unit of a person he did not know.

“I’m not sure. I don’t even know. I was in bed, I was in bed, I was asleep and they dragged me out of bed,” the resident told 9News.

Subsequently, specialist police officers entered the apartment and tried to negotiate him to come outside so they could arrest him.

They were eventually able to arrest him, and he is expected to be charged with several offences later today.

The woman sustained no physical injuries, but was taken away by police for support.