A crash on a Northland road has led to the arrest of a woman on drug dealing charges and the search of a house suspected of holding stolen property.
Police were alerted to a vehicle that had crashed on State Highway 1, south of Portland, about 6am yesterday.
When officers arrived there was no sign of who had been in the extensively damaged vehicle.
A rear wheel was found about 100m north of the crashed vehicle.
However, following help from a member of the public, a 21-year-old woman who had been in the car was located about 7am. Police were yesterday still looking for another person who was in the car at the time of the crash.