A man is facing a raft of charges after allegedly fleeing police in a stolen car, pinching another at gunpoint and scarpering into the bush to hide for four hours before being located by an Armed Offenders Squad dog.
The Herald has learned the man was arrested at about 4pm yesterday near Waitahanui near Taupō and was taken to hospital with injuries he suffered while trying to escape officers.
Police noticed the man just before midday on State Highway 1 about 35km south of Taupō.
The car he was driving was listed as stolen and officers tried to stop him.