When police stopped a car on the A1, they found a driver from Wigan sat inside - along with a meat cleaver and £5m worth of cocaine.
Now, 51-year-old Jansen McDonald has been sentenced to more than a decade behind bars. He was part of a huge criminal enterprise across the country but was caught out on July 12 this year when Northumbria Police officers, assisted by Nottinghamshire Police and South Yorkshire Police, carried out a tactical stop of his vehicle, on the A1 near Doncaster.
In a statement, Northumbria Police said: "Searching the vehicle, officers found a meat cleaver and 50 kilograms of suspected cocaine inside – which has the potential street value of up to five million pounds.
McDonald, of Marple Close, Standish, Wigan, was arrested and quickly found himself in handcuffs and was subsequently charged." READ MORE: Man stabbed gran 20 times before trying to run her down as she crawled to safety On August 11, McDonald appeared at Newcastle Crown Court and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
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