Prolific dealer spotted stuffing drugs down his trousers

Jodie Brown when he was arrested in Radford

A persistent drug dealer has been jailed after police spotted him inside a car frantically stuffing items down his trousers.

Patrolling officers observed a BMW believed to be involved in the drugs trade parked up in St Paul’s Terrace, Radford, around 11am on 23 May 2024.

When officers approached the vehicle they observed Jodie Brown in the front passenger seat.

Brown tried to resist arrest and attempted to run away even after being handcuffed.

When officers searched him they found packages containing wraps of heroin and cocaine and a rock of each Class A drug in his trousers.

Brown was also found clutching wraps of Class A drugs when he was detained by police in Sneinton Market on 28 August 2024.

Further wraps of heroin and cocaine, as well as mamba, were found in his pockets.

After being taken into custody he racially abused a police officer.

Brown, of HMP Nottingham, was jailed for a total of five years and seven months when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday (7 March).

He had earlier pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine, possession of Class A and Class B drugs, as well as causing racially aggravated alarm or distress.

Brown was also sentenced for two earlier offences involving drugs.

He and Remel Kenlock admitted conveying mobile phones and drugs into HMP Ranby in north Nottinghamshire.

Packages containing two mobile phones and cannabis were thrown over the wall into the prison grounds on 26 November 2021.

Both men pleaded guilty to two counts of conveying prohibited articles into a prison.

Kenlock, aged 30, of Merlewood Avenue, Manchester, was jailed for 15 months, suspended for two years.

Brown was sentenced for another incident, on 3 March 2023, when police were called to a disturbance in Beeston.

Brown threw a bottle of milk and a microwave down a flight of stairs when officers went to investigate.

When he was detained and searched, police found heroin in his pockets. He pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply a Class A drug in relation to the incident.

The court was told Brown has 18 previous convictions, including drug dealing offences.

Detective Sergeant Hannah Frame, of Nottinghamshire Police, said:

“Officers on patrol are always alert to suspected drug dealing as we know the impact this illegal trade and other crime associated with it has on communities.

“Brown thought he could get away with his offending by stuffing drugs down his trousers.

“He then attempted to run from the scene while in handcuffs.

“Officers immediately put a stop to his ill-advised attempt to flee and recovered the drugs after searching him.

“Detectives have then worked hard to secure charges and build a watertight case against him.

“Brown is a persistent drug dealer with a number of previous offences to his name and has clearly not learnt from previous spells behind bars.

“Class A drugs continue to ruin the lives of vulnerable people in our communities, but we know outcomes like this one can seriously disrupt the illegal trade.

“We work closely with the prison authorities to prevent drugs being conveyed into prisons as we know the risks they can cause to both other inmates and staff.”