Bum Deal: Desperate Mini Cooper driver tried to hide drugs in his anus during Leeds police chase
A drug dealer who tried to run from police then tried to secrete his stash in his bottom.
Joel Ogbonson was jailed at Leeds Crown Court this week after admitting dealing in heroin and crack cocaine.
Patrolling officers tried to pull over the Mini Cooper that Ogbonson was driving in Crossgates at around 9.30am on August 20, 2023.
When he refused to stop, there was a minor prang between the Mini and the police vehicle with Ogbonson then fleeing on foot.
The 33-year-old tried to hide but was seen attempting to secrete a package into the eye-watering hiding place.
He was arrested and during the subsequent search, they found 49 wraps of drugs worth hundreds of pounds - including 38 containing crack cocaine and 11 of heroin.
They also found a phone containing messages related to dealing drugs.
Ogbonson, of Roundhay Grove, Chapeltown, admitted two offences of dealing in Class A drugs.
He has two previous convictions for drug dealing, one when he was a youth.
Mitigating, Jeremy Hill-Baker said Ogbonson had been a drug user but had since stopped.
He said he was now employed as a CCTV operator and was “working hard”.
He said there was “plainly a good side to him”.
Judge Tom Bayliss KC jailed him for 28 months, pointing to his previous convictions for similar offending.
A warrant was issued for the female passenger in the Mini Cooper who failed to show up for her sentencing, which was scheduled at the same time as Ogbonson.