Nottinghamshire Police seize drugs and cash after a routine enquiry into false car number plates in Newark
More than £130,000-worth of drugs and over £12,000 of cash were recovered by Nottinghamshire Police following a routine enquiry into a car on false number plates.
Officers were called to a holiday cabin in Newark after reports about the suspicious vehicle with different plates on the front and back on March 24, 2019.
Enquiries established the car had been stolen in a burglary in Chesterfield and the number plates had been stolen from Tibshelf.
Luke Evans, 32, was arrested at the holiday cabin in relation to the burglary and theft of the car and number plates.
A police search of the cabin and found large quantities of drugs and cash. They further arrested Evans, formerly of Moor Street, Mansfield, on suspicion of possession of drugs with intent to supply.
He was bailed but failed to answer his bail.
Officers caught up with him again when they spotted a Ford Mondeo being driven without insurance in Mansfield on January 12 this year.
Officers followed the car but it failed to stop and was driven dangerously by Evans as the pursuit continued. The Mondeo was travelling at 80mph when Evans lost control on a potholed road and crashed.
Evans was helped out of the car by officers before he was arrested and taken to hospital for treatment.
He appeared at Nottingham Crown Court for sentencing on Thursday after pleading guilty to charges of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply and dangerous driving.
He was jailed for seven years and given a three-year driving ban.
Speaking after his sentencing, Detective Chief Inspector Kevin Broadhead said: “Drug crime can have a devastating impact on people’s lives and Nottinghamshire Police will continue to locate and prosecute those who seek to deal drugs, and ensure they are brought to justice.
“I am pleased that Evans will have to face the consequences of his actions and hope this sends a message that drug supply will not be tolerated in Nottinghamshire."
