A Bedford man has been sentenced to more than five years imprisonment after a police stop led officers to discover more than £3,000 worth of Class A drugs strapped to his leg.
Whilst on a routine patrol in Kent Avenue, Bedford, in September 2024, officers noticed a vehicle driving dangerously.
Despite officers turning on their sirens and indicating for the vehicle to stop, the driver, Joseph Gbonda, continued driving erratically, before he was forced to stop when his tyre burst after he hit a kerb.
Police found the drugs and £2k of cash in the car.
He was later sentenced to a total of five years and nine months for failure to stop, being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs and being in possession of a Class B drug. He will also be disqualified from driving for two years.
Whilst on a routine patrol in Kent Avenue, Bedford, in September 2024, officers noticed a vehicle driving dangerously.
Despite officers turning on their sirens and indicating for the vehicle to stop, the driver, Joseph Gbonda, continued driving erratically, before he was forced to stop when his tyre burst after he hit a kerb.
Police found the drugs and £2k of cash in the car.
He was later sentenced to a total of five years and nine months for failure to stop, being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs and being in possession of a Class B drug. He will also be disqualified from driving for two years.
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00:00We're at Harewood Road, vehicle still failing to stop, 2-0 miles an hour, still swerving
00:08all over the road, low risk, it is indicating at every turn that it takes.
00:18Thank you, we're crawling at the moment, 4 miles an hour, it's blown a tyre after hitting
00:22a kerb, but it's just still refusing to stop, stop, stop.
00:31Out of the car, no problem, out of the car, yeah no problem, no problem, you're under
00:37arrest mate, failing to stop for police, and at the moment I suspect you're under the influence,
00:41you're also under arrest, section 5, unfit for your drink or drugs, you don't have to
00:46say anything, you don't have to say anything but it may harm your defence, you do not mention
00:49when questioned, subject to court, anything you do say may be given evidence.
00:54Don't cross that leg, because there's a reason why you're crossing that leg isn't there?
00:57There we go, there we are.
00:59We're arresting you for possession with intent to supply class A drugs, the grounds are we've
01:04found you in the car with excess amount of cash on you and now we've found multiple wraps
01:09of white powder stuffed up your jeans.