WATCH: County lines drug dealer led police on 100mph chase
A man who sped away from police at 100mph on the motorway hard shoulder as drugs were ditched from the car has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.
Oldbury man Kierell Woollery, aged 20, was jailed at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court for the crimes committed in October 2017 and November last year.
He was tracked by officers at Staffordshire Police as part of a County Lines supply operation.
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It started when a Ford Fiesta was stolen from Hockley in Birmingham back in October 2017, and has its number plate changed.
A few days later the car was seen on its false plates driving northbound on the M6 in Staffordshire.
It failed to stop and drove at speeds of up to 80 mph to escape police.
The motorway was closed in the area between junctions 14 and 15 near Stone as the car travelled at speeds of up to 100mph, before officers employed a stinger device.
As the car's tyres deflated and it came to a stop items were thrown out of the window. These were recovered and found to be heroin and crack cocaine.
The court also heard that Woollery, of Warley Road, was then stopped in Redhill, Stafford, in the afternoon of November 15 last year as part of a police operation.
He was the front seat passenger in a Seat Leon. When searched Woollery was found to be in possession of 13.23g of crack cocaine.
Woollery pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years for possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine and a further six months for dangerous driving over the 2017 offences.
He pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine in an earlier hearing and was sentenced to three years for last year's offences.
Detective Constable Ryan Fone, of Staffordshire Police, welcomed Woollery's sentence.
He said: "This sentence reflects his repeated offending and the seriousness of these incidents. The M6 closure caused great disruption but was necessary for safety reasons.
"Woollery tried his best to evade justice by attempting to throw away the heroin and cocaine but it has only resulted in a jail term."
He was sentenced on January 24.
