“It also swerved at a police vehicle, narrowly avoiding a collision,” Sgt Wallace of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) added.
“Officers continued to pursue the car after it exited the motorway, and it later crashed into a field at the junction of the Moat Road and the Cherryhill Road, near Templepatrick.”
A quantity of suspected Class A drugs, together with drugs paraphernalia, a passport, and mobile phones were also located inside the vehicle by police.
Police said that a man in his 40s was arrested on suspicion of offences including failing to stop for police, driving whilst unfit through drunk or drugs, dangerous driving, and possession of a Class A controlled drug with intent to supply.