Laura Boustead sentenced to three years’ prison for meth
Laura Boustead was sentenced to three years in prison after a high-speed drug-fueled crash that injured two police officers. A subsequent search of her vehicle revealed a significant quantity of methamphetamine and evidence of drug importation.
Why it matters
Highlights the intersection of drug-related crime and public safety, specifically the dangers posed to law enforcement during routine operations.
The crash involving Laura Boustead (inset) led to the discovery she was part of a meth importation operation.
A woman high on meth sped through a police cordon, veering across the centre line and accelerating toward two officers who leapt clear to avoid being hit.
Seconds later she slammed head-on into a stationary patrol car, the impact hurling the constable and a civilian inside back nearly 10m before smashing a second officer to the ground with injuries so severe he fractured a vertebra and suffered a concussion.
The chaos didn’t end at the crash as a search of her vehicle uncovered a notebook linking Laura Boustead to more than 2kg of imported methamphetamine.
Boustead appeared for sentencing in the Whangārei District Court on charges including dangerous driving, importation of meth, possession for supply and possession of cannabis and utensils.
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