Dealer threw £285k of heroin onto motorway
A DRUG dealer who threw £285,000 worth of heroin on to a busy motorway during a police chase has been jailed.
Neil Corrigan, 42, dangerously weaved through traffic before driving the wrong way around a roundabout and smashing through a barrier at an airport.
Dramatic video footage showed Corrigan throwing a large bag of the class A drug out of the truck he was driving. Police later discovered the substance to be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
After crashing through the parking barrier at Manchester Airport, he comes to a dead end before racing away on foot. Footage from a police helicopter shows Corrigan, pictured, running through the grounds of the airport before an officer catches up to him. Corrigan, of Scarborough, North Yorks, turns to confront the officer, who arrests him.
He was sentenced to five years in prison at Chester Crown Court. He has also been banned from driving for five years.
Cheshire Police said he had earlier pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of class A drugs, dangerous driving, failing to stop and driving without insurance. The court heard that on March 5, officers attempted to stop a white Mercedes van driven by Corrigan on the M56, near Warrington.
He failed to stop and threw a large package out of the window before making off at speed.
Officers subsequently returned to the M56 where they recovered two brown packages, each containing 1kg of heroin.
Another two brown bags were also recovered, containing the remnants of a large amount of heroin which had spilt over the carriageway.
Chief Inspector John Forshaw said: “This is another fantastic result which has led to the removal of a large quantity of illegal drugs from the streets.”