A man has been arrested after police found a bag containing wraps of white powder during a search.

Officers were on patrol at around midnight last night when they saw a dark coloured Audi TT speeding along Woolwich Church Street.

Police turned their vehicle around and followed the car onto John Wilson Street where the Audi was found parked outside a block of flats.

The car had its hazard lights on, and the driver was standing at the passenger door placing bottles of alcohol into a black handbag.

One of the bottles of wine was half drunk and the driver allegedly admitted to the officers that he had drunk it an hour prior.

When police requested for a breathalyser to be brought to them, officers in the area said that they had also seen the Audi speeding.

The man was then detained and searched leading to officers finding one wrap of white powder and £540.

A further search uncovered a bag containing a number of wraps of white powder, stacks of cash, a set of scales, a white bowl and a spoon.

He was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug and failure to provide a specimen for analysis.

Bexley Police tweeted: “#Arrested 🚨 “#ResponsePolicingWeek “1 Arrested for Possession with intent to supply a controlled drug and Fail to provide specimen for analysis.

“Great spot by Response Team at #Bexley “Full story below 👇 “On Wednesday 15 June 2022 at around 2350 hours, officers were on patrol when a dark coloured Audi TT was seen driving at speed along Woolwich Church Street approaching Woolwich Roundabout, displaying an indicator to turn right.

“Officers turned their vehicle around, drove to the roundabout, turning right onto John Wilson Street, where the vehicle was found parked outside a block of flats just before the nearside junction of Castile Road, SE18.

“The Audi had its hazard lights on and the passenger door was open.

“The driver was at the passenger door placing bottles of alcohol into a black handbag.

“One of the bottles was a half drunk bottle of wine, which the driver admitted to drinking an hour prior.

“While waiting for a breathalyser to the location the other units started that they had seen the vehicle driving at speed all over the borough.

“He was detained and searched under the s.23 Misuse of Drugs act.

“On his person was found one wrap of white powder and £540 in cash.

“Officers carried out the s.18 (5) search during which a bag was found.

“This bag was found by officers.

“The bag was found to contain a number of wraps of white powder as well as a large quantity of money stacked together, a set of scales, and a white bowl with white powder and a spoon.”

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