A plain-clothes police officer seized and then gave back Class A drugs to users during three separate stop-and-searches in exchange for information about the dealers, a misconduct hearing was told. PC Jonathan Biggins, who was a prominent member of a long-running operation to tackle drugs in Weston-super-Mare, also falsified records to cover up what he had done and told colleagues to do likewise, it is claimed.
The officer, who has since resigned from Avon and Somerset Police, denies all the allegations. Opening the hearing on Tuesday, May 16, barrister George Thomas, representing the constabulary, said PC Biggins turned off his body-worn camera at crucial moments during the incidents, which all took place in 2020, so that his actions were not recorded.
He said: “PC Biggins faces three extremely serious allegations of gross misconduct. What is really striking across the three incidents is that on each occasion, each drug user stopped has quickly and calmly volunteered specific, helpful evidence about those supplying the drugs to them.
