Man jailed after road collision led to drugs haul

A man’s been convicted after a fail to stop RTC involving a BMW, led to the injury of two elderly persons in their 80s near Leiston.

Noah Conway, aged 22 and of Keats Close in Saxmundham was jailed for five years and two months at Ipswich Crown Court on Thursday 29 January. Conway pleaded guilty at earlier hearing to possession with intent to supply cocaine, possession with intent to supply cannabis, driving a vehicle dangerously, and two counts of being concerned in the supply of class C drugs.

It follows an incident at Westward Ho in Leiston in early March 2025 where Conway who was driving the vehicle, crashed with another vehicle and ran off from the scene. He left the two elderly persons in the other vehicle needing to be taken to hospital by ambulance for treatment. Cocaine and other drugs were found in the crashed vehicle. Police enquiries established that the owner of the BMW, Lloyd Bridge later fraudulently reported to Suffolk police and his insurance company that the BMW had been stolen.

Enquires identified that Lloyd Bridge had in fact loaned his BMW to Conway, who was using the vehicle to supply of drugs.  Officers also established the BMW vehicle owner, Bridge, was also involved in the supply of drugs. Officers arrested Conway at his home address where police recovered further quantities of cocaine in the property.

Police enquiries identified that a third individual, Leslie Packman, had received proceeds of crime from those persons.

At earlier hearings Bridge, aged 37 and of Hither Close in Ipswich pleaded guilty to two counts of being concerned in the supply of class C drugs, possession with intent to supply cannabis, fraud by false representation and committing an act/series of acts with intent to pervert the course of justice.

Lesley Packman aged 63 and of Netherhall Way, Cambridge in Cambridgeshire pleaded guilty to possession of criminal property at an earlier hearing.

Bridge was sentenced two years in prison, suspended for 18 months,  and ordered to do 200 hours of unpaid work, while Packman was given a 12-month community order.

Investigating officer DC Nicola Clarson of the Serious Crime Disruption Team said: “This conviction and sentence once again highlights that Suffolk Constabulary will not tolerate the supply of controlled drugs. Those that undertake this activity have no regard to the lives and communities that are adversely affected and we relentlessly pursue them by police with no hiding place.

“It is also really important to pay tribute to the strength and courage of the two victims in their 80s who were involved in the RTC. They gave statements and fully engaged in the whole investigative process and, although both have recovered from their injuries, the incident has certainly impacted them detrimentally in how they lead their lives.”

The SCDT core aim is to disrupt serious and organised gangs whose criminal activity focuses on issues such as drug supply and harmful personal acquisitive crime such as robbery/burglary. The team develop the relevant information and intelligence, conduct enforcement activity and then provide an officer who will build the case and see the investigation through to trial.

If you suspect drug activity report this via the website Report a crime | Suffolk Constabulary,  call 101, or alternatively you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers to report anonymously – either online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org or by calling 0800 555 111.

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