Caught on camera: Two jailed after heroin worth £200k thrown from car at 100mph in M6 police chase
Two men who flung heroin onto a West Midlands motorway while on a high speed chase from police travelling at speeds of more than 100mph have been jailed.
The drugs were flung from the car after police tried to stop the Mazda 6 on the M6 in Stafford as part of a pre-planned operation.
Central Motorway Police tried to halt the car near junction 14 of the motorway on the evening of July 7.
But officers say driver Paul Duckworth had no intention of stopping for anyone, swerving between cars in the evening traffic at speeds of 120 mph.
In the passenger seat was Mohamed Kabbar and as the car was pursued by officers, he threw two packages out of his window close to Chasewater, Cannock.
Officers were joined by the police helicopter as they tried to stop the Mazda on numerous occasions, even pulling in front of it and displaying an illuminated message in the back of their car.
After a 28-minute pursuit the officers managed to box the Mazda in and manoeuvre it off the carriageway.
Following examinations of the motorway, two large packages of heroin were found on the hard shoulder with a potential street value of around £230,000.
Duckworth and Kabbar were arrested and interviewed by West Midlands Police officers, where they were charged with drugs and driving offences, which they admitted.
Duckworth, 31, of Folkestone Croft, Bromford, Birmingham, whose phone was examined and showed him to be a heroin addict used to transport drugs in order to pay off debts, rather than a dealer – received 15-months.
He was sentenced for heroin possession, dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and without insurance.
Kabbar, 25, of Church Street, Lozells, Birmingham, was sentenced to five years in prison for possession with intent to supply heroin at Staffordshire Crown Court.
Pc Nick McCullogh, from West Midlands Police, investigated the offences. He said: "Kabbar and Duckworth were on their way back from Rochdale, where they had collected the drugs, when they were intercepted by CMPG officers.
"They were carrying heroin destined for communities in Birmingham, which would have had a devastating impact on users, and their family and friends.
"We are satisfied with the sentences handed to Kabbar and Duckworth, which we hope deters others from drug dealing or in the case of Duckworth, from being used as a mule to transport drugs across the country."
