A man who hid cocaine in coffee tins was jailed.
Police found out that Martin Bradshaw had been using money from dealing the coffee tin cocaine to make purchases including a Mercedes car and a static caravan in Blackpool.
Th 32-year-old, from Asbourne Avenue, Wigan, was first noticed by police when they spotted him driving erratically on June 5, 2020.
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Police attempted to stop him but he sped up and managed to flee police in his Mercedes Benz.
Detectives found the car a day later after enquiries led them to a compound on Higher Lane, Aspull.
Officers forced entry to the car in the compound after intelligence told them it was linked to the supply of drugs.
A search of the car resulted in bank cards being seized and cocaine being found in coffee tins.
Two burner phones were also seized and these both contained details of drug supply.
On Sunday 7 June, Bradshaw attended Wigan police Station and was arrested.
He has now been jailed for three years and six months at Bolton Crown Court after pleading guilty to dangerous driving, driving without insurance, possession with intent to supply a class A controlled drug and facilitating the acquisition/possession of criminal property.
He has also been disqualified from driving for three years and nine months.
A static caravan in Blackpool and the Mercedes car were both seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act and a hearing has been set for June, 2022.
Police Constable John O'Donnell of GMP's Wigan District Tasking Team said: "Bradshaw's reckless and dangerous driving not only risked the lives of innocent members of the public but it also allowed us to recover drugs from his car and uncover that he was engrained into a drug dealing chain.
"Drugs blight communities and negatively impact the lives of all those involved.
"I hope the sentence sends a clear message that this type of activity is not acceptable in Wigan or Greater Manchester and GMP will do all it can to target and disrupt this activity.
"Information and intelligence we receive from the public in regard to drug dealing in the area can greatly assist our investigations so I would encourage anyone who may know of or suspect someone involved in the trade of drugs to get in touch with police."
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