A drug dealer confessed “I’ve got gear on me” after being chased on foot by plain clothes police officers.
Nathan Dring, 28, of Tennyson Street, Bootle, appeared for sentence via videolink at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday following the pursuit, which took place on December 1 in Widnes. Jamie Baxter, prosecuting, told the court a plain clothes officer had spotted Dring on Ann Street West walking towards her and in the direction of Lugsdale Road when she caught the smell of cannabis as he passed.
The area was “known for drug-dealing” and she followed Dring onto Elizabeth Court and decided to stop and search him, with an unmarked police car arriving and pulling up by Dring. Mr Baxter said a “short foot chase” followed, ending when police caught up with Dring on Lacey Street.
