This was the moment police pulled over a drug dealer on the M6 and found £1.5million worth of cocaine. Peter Wiggins’ Vauxhall Astra was pulled over by Cheshire Police officers near Stafford Services in November last year.
The 55-year-old was detained by officers, who told him his vehicle would be searched. When asked if there was anything of interest in his vehicle, Wiggins told officers there was a box in his boot.
Inside the box, officers found 15 individually wrapped kilogram blocks of cocaine. Wiggins was arrested at the scene on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A drugs and was taken into custody.
A search of Wiggins’ address on Wordsworth Crescent, Blacon, saw more than £500 in cash seized, along with two bags and a tub filled with white powder and a knuckle duster, for which Wiggins was later further arrested under suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon.
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A forensic examination of the substances found at the property and his car found that the cocaine Wiggins had in his possession had a potential street value of up to £1,500,000. Wiggins declined to comment during his police interview and failed to account for how the 15 individually wrapped packages came to be in the boot of his car.
He was later charged with possession with intent to supply class A drugs and possession of an offensive weapon. He pleaded guilty to the charges and was jailed for five-years and five-months at Stafford Crown Court on January 2.
Peter Wiggins
Following the sentencing, Detective Sergeant Roy Wellings, from Cheshire Police, said: “Peter Wiggins travelled to an address in the West Midlands, where he remained for upwards of two hours, before returning to Cheshire with a boot full of cocaine wrapped up in kilogram blocks. Despite quite clearly being caught out, he still refused to admit any accountability until the very last minute, when he had no other choice.
“We take this kind of criminality very seriously here in Cheshire, so let this result be a warning to anyone who thinks they can get away with drug dealing in our county without any repercussions.”