Fingerprints on drugs 'tick list' linked dealer to driver stopped by police in Staffordshire, court told
A man on trial for drugs offences after the car he was driving in Hednesford was found to have class A drugs in it was linked to them by a so-called 'tick list'.
The first day of the trial of James Whitehouse, aged 29, heard he was driving a blue Fiat Punto belonging to his friend Cameron Daniel-Hall which 'sped past' an unmarked police car with two officers in Stephenson Way, Hednesford going towards Cannock Road at 1.20pm on September 19, 2023.
Giles Pengelly, prosecuting, said: "The officers were alerted partly by the speed and partly because it was showing up as having no insurance.
"The car contained Whitehouse, Daniel-Hall who was the owner but the front-seat passenger, and a female in the back seat."
"It was followed by the officers and stopped at the Texaco garage where Daniel-Hall was seen to kick a bag from the car underneath it and tried to run off, but was caught by one of the officers.
