Alleged drug mule detained after Chch smash

The scene of the crash. Photo / NZ Police

The 32-year-old female passenger and alleged drug mule involved in a police pursuit that ended in a crash on Yaldhurst Road in Canterbury on Monday has been released from hospital and is being detained by police.

On Monday, officers began a pursuing a silver BMW after it allegedly backed into another vehicle at the junction of Wairakei Rd and Johns Rd, just outside the airport about 4.45pm.

The vehicle fled police before ramming through an armed police roadblock on Yaldhurst Rd and colliding head-on with another car, a Honda Jazz causing injuries to the elderly occupants.

The three elderly patients are still being treated for their injuries at Christchurch Hospital.

NZME. News Service understands the police were acting on information the 32-year old female passenger had allegedly sneaked drugs internally through Christchurch International Airport.

Sources said police saw the woman being picked up at the airport by the BMW.

The 32-year-old woman was originally detained under police guard at Christchurch Hospital under the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act.

Today, a spokeswoman for the Canterbury DHB said the woman had since been released, and police said she was now being detained under the Misuse Use of Drugs Amendment Act.

Police ask anyone who witnessed the crash on Yaldhurst Road to contact them on 03 363 7807.