Police arrest man who climbed out of flat window to escape

Tuesday, 3 January 2023 at 11:15

Officers seized 15 bags of suspected class A drugs and a bag of cannabis.

A man has been arrested and drugs seized when officers went to conduct a curfew check at a flat in Heath End Road, Nuneaton on Thursday night (29th December).

As the officers walked around the back of the building they saw a male climb out of the flat window and start jumping over fences.

Following a chase, the man was detained and officers seized 15 bags of suspected class A drugs and a bag of cannabis.

A 25-year-old man of no fixed abode was arrested on suspicion of possession of drugs with intent to supply.

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