Drugs, weapons found in stolen car

• Published date: 24 June 2022
• Publication title: Otago Daily Times: Web Edition Articles (New Zealand)

The 32-year-old Palmerston North man was driving a stolen vehicle on the Waianakarua-Kakanui Road when he was signalled to pull over by police about 20 minutes south of Oamaru

The vehicle failed to stop and instead continued towards Kakanui township.

Sergeant Tony Woodbridge said police deployed spikes on the Maheno-Kakanui Rd in an attempt to stop the vehicle, but the driver avoided these and continued driving.

"It was successfully spiked further down the road, and eventually came to a stop in the Kakanui township.

"The man attempted to decamp on foot, but was arrested shortly after at a property in Kakanui, with the assistance of a police dog and the Dunedin Armed Offenders Squad."

Police found an...