Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond, of Dunedin, said police were called to Neill St, in Abbotsford, at 3.55am on Saturday.
A 22-year-old man was driving in a dangerous manner, doing skids and trying to lose traction around the corners of the street, Snr Sgt Bond alleged.
The driver, with a 20-year-old woman in the car, "lost control and crashed into a house" in the street.
The pair then ran home, where the man allegedly called 111 to report his vehicle had been stolen.
But a canine unit attended the crash scene and tracked the man back to his home address, Snr Sgt Bond said.
The man also recorded a breath alcohol content of 509mcg, more than twice the legal limit of 250mcg.
He was arrested and charged with drink driving, "obstructing, perverting, defeating the course of justice" — by calling 111 to say the car was stolen when he was the driver — and dangerous driving, Snr Sgt Bond said.
The man appeared in the Dunedin District Court on Saturday.
