Footage showing a Liverpool drug dealer throwing R1,5 million worth of cocaine from a moving car has been released by police. The guy tossed 2kg of the drug from the window of a Mercedes while being followed by police filming the chase. This follows an 18-month investigation focused on the “Whitney gang” – named so because most members are related to each other – and resulted in 13 people being sentenced for a combined total of 80 years in prison.

Some members of the Whitney gang

The gang, led by Paul Whitney, is thought to have controlled the entire supply of cocaine in North Liverpool. During the investigation into the Whitney drugs gang, officers caught another member, Emma McKenzie, attempting to hide wraps of cocaine inside a child’s nappy bag as police searched her house. McKenzie’s mother, Mary McCabe, was also followed by detectives, who found a stolen SA80 assault rifle and 1 200 rounds of ammunition in the boot of her car. The gun had been stolen from an army base in 2005.

Watch footage of the police chase, that resulted in the drugs being thrown out the window:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1NWy3XQJbI

[Source: BBC News]