Golf course chase ends in arrest

Police arrested the man following a chase through Mount Maunganui yesterday. Photos: Cameron Avery.

A man is due to appear in Tauranga District Court on Monday after leading police on a chase through Mount Maunganui.

Police received a driving complaint from a member of the public just before 6pm on Totara Street.

'Police located the driver, who was driving erratically, speeding and failed to stop for police,” says a police spokesperson.

'The driver eventually decamped from their vehicle and fled from police on foot.”

The driver was located near the golf course and subsequently arrested.

The 32-year-old man is due to appear in Tauranga Court on Monday on charges of reckless driving, failing to stop and breath alcohol level over 400 mcgs per litre of breath.

A witness to the arrest says when the man 'had a spit mask on and he was yelling and resisting police when they were putting him in the police car”.

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