Suspects flee when followed by police

Armed police were called out on Saturday night after a vehicle was spotted which was thought to contain at least one man wanted by Christchurch police.

Police were treating the area with caution and units from Hanmer, Blenheim, Cheviot, Amberley and Culverden were called to assist.

The car was stopped on Rorrisons Rd about 8pm. However the suspects were not found in the vehicle.

Kaikoura police are also on the lookout for a car thief after four cars have been broken into, three of which were targeted on Thursday night at various locations around the town.

The car windows have been smashed with a rock and property stolen.

The diver of a car which crashed and rolled into stock yards on Scarborough St on Friday evening at 6pm could be facing charges.

Constable Lindsay Tilbury said speed was a factor in the crash after the car left the road near the top of the straight. Two of the three occupants suffered minor injuries.

The driver, a local man, was processed for drink driving although no charges have yet been laid.

On Sunday afternoon on State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura, drunken youths in a van heading south threw a can at a car travelling in the opposite direction.

The car was hit and damaged and the driver turned around and pursued the van, stopping it further down the road.

A fight ensued and all the occupants of the van, all from out of town, ended up with a warning from police.

A 24 year old Kaikoura woman has reported an accident to police in which the barrier at the top of Killarney St was damaged. Police say the woman looks to have a reasonable excuse for the accident, there were no injuries and it did not appear that alcohol was a factor. The woman is paying for the damage.