Martin Bradshaw 31, of Ashbourne Avenue, Aspull has 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.
Police spotted Bradshaw driving erratically in his Mercedes Benz along Scholes, Wigan. The officer attempted to stop the car but Bradshaw only accelerated, eventually managing to flee the officer. The car was spotted shortly afterwards parked up on Higher Lane, Aspull and seized by officers.
The following day, police returned to the compound where the car was being kept and forced entry to it due to intelligence that it was linked to the supply of controlled drugs. Following a search, bank cards and a coffee tin containing cocaine were seized.
Two burner phones were also seized and these both contained details of drug supply.
Police then discovered that Bradshaw had purchased a static caravan in Blackpool and this was subsequently seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The Mercedes was also seized under the act.
A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing has been set for 15 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.
