Shocking moment drug dealer who led police on high-speed chase with £1,500 worth of crack cocaine in his Kia is arrested after crashing into a hedge

This is the moment a drug dealer who led police on a high speed chase was finally caught – after he crashed his car into a hedge.

Michael Ledlie, 26, had more than £1,500 worth of crack cocaine in his Kia when he was spotted by police in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire on July 7.

Rather than stop for officers, he panicked and sped away – but his freedom was short lived after he swerved off road and into a bush.

Bodycam footage shows officers swarm Ledlie’s car and smash his back window before arresting him.

He’s since been jailed for four years at Peterborough Crown Court after admitting a string of offences.

Drug dealer Michael Ledlie, 26, pictured inside his crashed Kia, had more than £1,500 worth of crack cocaine in his possession when he tried to escape from police in Cambridgeshire

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Ledlie, pictured, who was on licence following an earlier conviction for possession of crack cocaine, surrendered to officers after they approached

They include possession of class A drugs with intent to supply, possession of class C drugs with intent to supply, dangerous driving, driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence and driving with no insurance.

Ledlie, from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, who was already was on licence following a prison sentence for the supply of crack cocaine, showed no emotion at the sentencing hearing on Thursday.

Tim Naik, prosecuting, told the court: ‘Officers had reason to try to stop the defendant in Huntingdon, but he ignored the marked car, and continued to drive towards Alconbury Weald.

‘He was driving at speed, at times at least twice the speed limit, going at 80mph in a 40mph zone.’

‘He was also carrying out dangerous overtakes, crossing double white lines in the middle of the road.’

Ledlie was handcuffed before he taken out of the car and brought to the police station 

Ledlie was jailed for four years after pleading guilty to several offences related to the incident at Peterborough Crown Court