A man has been arrested after armed police and dog units searched the Foxton area following a serious assault in Whangaehu which left one person in a critical condition.
Emergency services were called to an address on Whangaehu Village Rd, southeast of Whanganui, at about 11.50am today following reports of a serious assault.
St John said crews treated one patient in a critical condition before transporting them to Whanganui Hospital.
Manawatū acting area commander Inspector Phil Ward said an alleged offender had left the scene in a vehicle before police arrived.
Officers located and pursued the vehicle as it travelled towards Foxton, where it was abandoned on Bergin Rd at about 12.40pm, he said.
The vehicle travelled about 65km before it was dumped in the Horowhenua town.
Ward said the man was located and arrested in the vicinity of the Foxton Golf Club just before 3.30pm.
"Police are not looking for anybody else in relation to the earlier assault in Whangaehu," he said.
"We would like to thank the members of the public for their cooperation while police worked to locate this man."
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