A man involved in a crash on the A16 Spalding bypass has admitted having cocaine worth up to £100,000 in the car.
Nathan Fitzjohn, 47, also had about £24,000 cash in a box.
Police said he was in an Audi RS5 and the collision happened between the McDonald’s and Wardentree Lane roundabouts at lunchtime on December 13 last year.
Fitzjohn appeared before Peterborough Magistrates’ Court today (Monday) to plead guilty to possession of the class A drug with intent to supply and possession of criminal property worth £24,000.
Prosecutor Paul Brown said of the crash: “Police have been called out to attend.
“They retrieved from the defendant, who was taken to Pilgrim Hospital, a holdall containing large Mason jars with white matter in and broken Mason jars.“
“There was also a box with an amount of cash.”
The court was told that the cocaine weighed about 1kg and was worth between £40,000 and £100,000.
Mr Brown added: “A phone has been seized and that’s contained messages consistent with the user being involved in the supply of drugs prior to the collision.”
Fitzjohn also pleaded guilty to supplying cocaine between November 28 and December 13, 2020, and offering to supply cocaine between the same dates.
Solicitor Kashif Khan, for the defendant, agreed that the case should be sent up to the crown court for sentencing.
He added that his client was “realistic” and therefore there would be no application for bail.
Fitzjohn, of Crown Street, New England, Peterborough, appeared in custody and was remanded until the sentencing hearing at the city’s crown court on a date to be fixed.A pre-sentence report was ordered.
