A convicted armed robber was caught with a £500,000 cocaine cargo after trying to speed away from police - who had seen his car had a light out. Ashley Makin, 32, who had previously carried out a terrifying raid on a McDoanld's restaurant in Stockport, was travelling on the M6 northbound, alone, towards Penrith, Cumbria, in a black Vauxhall Insignia just before 3pm on Friday, July 1.
“It had a light out,” prosecutor Tim Evans told Carlisle Crown Court. "What police noted was the speed of the vehicle was going up and down. They decided to stop it.
"Rather than stopping, the Insignia driver failed to do so and accelerated away, reaching speeds exceeding 110mph. A second police vehicle became involved and undertook it, preventing it turning off at Junction 39.”
