Watch: Chainsaw raid on cocaine dealer

This is the moment a chainsaw was used by police to raid a property where a class A drug dealer was arrested.

Essex Police said officers tracked Romie Stones to an address in Wickford after he had evaded capture and discarded his phone in chase weeks earlier.

A warrant was executed and cocaine and cash were seized during the raid.

The 22-year-old, of Victor Mew Close in Wickford, pleaded guilty to supplying cocaine at Southend Magistrates' Court and he is due to be sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court on 5 August.

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