A dis­pute over un­paid en­trance fees at the Ar­gyle Wa­ter­fall in To­ba­go end­ed with a man be­ing chopped dur­ing a con­fronta­tion on Sat­ur­day af­ter­noon.

Po­lice said a 56-year-old farmer from Main Road, Ar­gyle, was lead­ing a group of five peo­ple across the riv­er, to al­leged­ly avert pay­ing en­trance fees, when he was con­front­ed by a craft ven­dor. The in­ci­dent hap­pened around 2.15 pm.

The ven­dor re­port­ed­ly told the farmer that it was un­fair to bring peo­ple in­to the site with­out pay­ing, as it would af­fect his busi­ness.

An ar­gu­ment broke out and quick­ly es­ca­lat­ed in­to a fight. Dur­ing the scuf­fle, the ven­dor al­leged­ly grabbed a cut­lass and chopped the farmer.

The in­jured man was rushed to the Rox­bor­ough Hos­pi­tal and is now in sta­ble con­di­tion.

The ven­dor was ar­rest­ed and tak­en to the Rox­bor­ough Po­lice Sta­tion. Po­lice are con­tin­u­ing their in­ves­ti­ga­tions.