Alexandra Police called in extra staffing resources for the New Zealand Merino Shears at the weekend, but there were no incidents.

Alexandra Senior Constable Graham Perkins said 11 staff were on duty and 200 vehicles were stopped at a checkpoint with four people processed for drink driving.

A 20-year-old female had an excess breath alcohol reading of 584mcg after leaving a hotel car park to drive her brother home.

The vehicle had no tail or headlights on.

Snr Const Perkins said it was disappointing some people still chose to drive given the increased police presence around town.

One person was also forbidden to drive and had their vehicle seized, while multiple people were given infringement notices for other smaller offences.

There were two minor disorder incidents at the Stadium Tavern but they were sorted out by hotel staff, and resulted in no arrests.

On Saturday night a 37-year-old man with gang connections was arrested for supply of meth and cannabis in Alexandra, and was currently remanded in custody in Queenstown.

Snr Const Perkins said on the way home from that job, officers noticed another vehicle familiar to them on the Arrowtown-Lake Hayes road, which had a meth pipe on the front seat.

A search warrant was made to check over the vehicle, owned by a 57-year-old Queenstown man, and two pipes, scales, an imitation firearm and cash were located.

He faced three separate charges and would appear in the Queenstown District Court.

An Oamaru woman was facing burglary charges after breaking into her ex-partner’s house in Omakau during Blossom Festival weekend.

Snr Const Perkins said the woman was on home detention but allowed to attend the festival to see her children. An argument broke out between her and the ex-partner and she took the keys to his car and damaged the interior.

She was then stopped by police driving 40km/hr over the speed limit, on her way out to Omakau, where she stole shoes, a watch and cellphones from the property.

The female driver of a vehicle that crashed north of Alexandra last Thursday, ended up veering off the road and into Butchers Dam, with her child in the back.

Snr Const Perkins said the car was written off from the damage but the mother and child were okay.  

On the same day, a 19-year-old female lost control of her car at Moa Creek coming down the hill in adverse conditions, and went over the bank.