Scots pub boss snared in £110k drugs plot drove into police car during high-speed chase

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A cocktail bar owner fleeing undercover cops after picking up cannabis worth £110,000 crashed into a police car and flipped it onto its roof.Callum Woods reversed a transit van into an unmarked car belonging to the drugs squad after they pounced on him in Edinburgh.The cops gave chase and tried to use a “boxing-in manoeuvre” at a roundabout to halt the 25-year-old entrepreneur.But Woods’ van collided with one of the cars, with both spinning out of control and landing upside down.Woods, who opened The Daiquiri bar in the capital, claimed he was compelled to take part in drug dealing by gangsters.He said thugs targeted his new business in an extortion campaign, first demanding cash then his assistance in their trafficking operation.Woods appeared at the city’s sheriff court on Tuesday and pled guilty to being concerned in the supply of drugs and dangerous driving.Fiscal depute Ross Price said police approached a van in the Jewel area after receiving drugs intelligence.Mr Price said officers tapped on the window and found Woods inside.The court heard Woods put the van in reverse, colliding with an unmarked police car and causing extensive damage, before fleeing the scene.The officers gave chase and Woods mounted a roundabout, causing them to take evasive action to avoid a smash.Woods swerved between other vehicles, the court heard, and mounted a second roundabout in a bid to escape.The prosecutor said cops tried a “boxing-in manoeuvre” at the Newcraighall roundabout to stop him, but the van struck a car which flipped over and landed in a field.A police officer was injured but not seriously, the hearing was told.The van ended up on its roof and Woods was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary where he was found to have suffered