Emergency services say nobody was injured in this accident on the south side of the Brynderwyns yesterday.
Brynderwyn Hills crash
Traffic travelling south on State Highway 1 came to a halt when a driver crashed into the bank on the southern side of the Brynderwyn Hills. The car ended up at a 90 degree angle to the bank, blocking the southbound lane, following the crash about 10.20am
yesterday. Traffic quickly backed up and a queue about 1km long formed before the car was driven off. The female driver was not injured. Police were called to the scene. Traffic travelling north was not affected.
Smuggling trial on next year
The trial of a French national charged with smuggling 24kg of cocaine into Northland is likely to take place in July next year. The case of Alexander Steeve Yelengwe Yonkwa-Dingom, 27, was called yesterday in the High Court at Whangārei.
His attendance was excused. Yonkwa-Dingom is charged with possession for supply of a class A drug. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. He is also charged with failing, without reasonable excuse, to assist a police constable exercising a search power under the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. The cocaine, seized in Paihia last December, was worth up to $10.8 million.
