Driver in Southend who attempted to avoid police check arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs with intent to supply
It was part of a Vision Zero operation in Southend
A driver who tried to avoid a road police check in Southend was arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs with intent to supply and drug driving.
It was among 95 offences seen by Essex Police on a Vision Zero operation in the Essex city.
Enforcement was being carried out next to the Old Nazareth House on London Road in September.
The driver spotted the site and reversed away. Officers followed the car and stopped it further up the road.
Inside the car officers found more than 50 deal bags of suspected drugs and a roadside drugs test indicated positive.
This was part of Operation Vision Zero, which is a joint ambition to eliminate deaths and serious injuries on Essex's roads by 2040 or sooner.
The force says a key part of that work is tacling common offences that are linked to injuries on the road, which include speeding, drink or drug driving, using a mobile phone at the wheel, not wearing a seatbelt and careless driving.
During the Southend operation 26 seatbelt tickets and 30 mobile phone tickets were given out. Three vehicles were seized for no insurance.
Officers also dealt with 11 number plate offences, eight involving registration plates that had been altered or incorrectly displayed.