A drug dealer was chased by police after he jumped from a moving car and discarded bundles of crack cocaine.
Officers from the knife crime team were on patrol in Nottingham on 30 January 2026 when they spotted a BMW which was linked to drug crime.
The team began to follow the vehicle, but when they activated their marked car’s blue lights the BMW accelerated and ploughed into wheelie bins in Ossington Close.
Nashon Maleta jumped from the car and ran up a grass bank.
Officers caught up with him and found he had cash in his pockets.
When they searched the area he had run through, officers found two large bundles containing wraps of Class A drugs.
Maleta denied discarding the drugs, saying ‘he hadn’t thrown anything’.
However, when officers searched two addresses linked to him they also found a rock of cocaine, as well as cannabis, cash and other drugs paraphernalia.
Maleta, aged 22, of Sketchley Street, Nottingham, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and cannabis, and possession of criminal property.
He also admitted driving without due care and attention and driving without a licence or insurance.
At Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday (22 April) he was jailed for a total of three years and nine months.
Police Constable Daniel Cresswell, of the knife crime team, said:
“Maleta wanted us to believe that these freshly discarded bundles of drugs were nothing to do with him.
“Even though there was no one else in the area and the street value of the drugs made it highly unlikely they would be left in the street.
“Maleta has an unenviable record for dealing drugs so I’m pleased he will now be spending a period behind bars.”
