On the morning of August 24, Besmir Negji, previously of Kettering, ran from his silver Renault Laguna in Buccleuch Street after officers had tried to stop him.
However, he didn’t get very far – being chased and detained a short time later and searched under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act.
Officers also decided to search his vehicle with the help of PD Socks – a specialist search dog, who discovered 15 bags of Class A drugs that had been concealed inside a sock in a compartment underneath the steering wheel.
Negji was charged with one count of possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply and one count of driving without insurance.
At Northampton Crown Court in August, he pleaded guilty to both offences, returning to the same court at the beginning of this month where he was sentenced to two years and four months in prison.
