Drug dealer jailed after running into police

Jose Djaite, 20, was jailed after a trial at Peterborough Crown Court

A drug dealer who ran away from police into the path of another officer has been jailed.

Cambridgeshire Police said Jose Djaite, 20, was spotted by plain-clothed officers loitering in a car park off North Street, Peterborough, on 19 February.

Officers watched Djaite, of no fixed address, from a distance, and saw him with several people who they suspected were buying Class A drugs from him.

When he was approached by three officers, he ran in the opposite direction, straight into another officer, police added.

The force said he was found holding a small bag containing wraps of heroin and crack cocaine, cannabis and had a "burner" mobile phone in his pocket.

At Peterborough Crown Court, Djaite denied being in possession of heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis with intent to supply but was found guilty and jailed for four years and five months.

Det Con Dylan Lenton, who investigated, said: "Our neighbourhood support team were in a drug-dealing hotspot, responding to intelligence, when they came across Djaite.

"While he was acting on instructions of others higher up a chain of command and 'running' drugs, he was given a chance when he was sentenced last year but did not take it.

"The sentence passed shows just how seriously this type of crime is taken, and we will continue to do all we can to disrupt the drugs network in Peterborough."