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Met policeman jumps on drug dealer’s bike to chase him down

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a Metropolitan Police officer chased down a drug dealer using the man’s own bicycle in southeast London.

Sergeant Alan Cooley and PC Ama Thind were on duty when they received an urgent call about a woman being robbed of her iPhone on Romney Road, Greenwich.

The officers searched the area and spotted Justice Oyedokun, 22, who fitted the description wearing dark clothing and loitering at the corner of nearby Mell Street at 8.30pm.

Body-worn footage shows PC Thind pursuing Oyedokun on foot - while quick-thinking Sgt Cooley races after him, having commandeered the male’s own cycle.

Sgt Cooley shouts at him: “You might as well give up, mate.”

Oyedokun retorts: “Get off of me, you fool. What do you want from me?” when Sgt Cooley uses his radio to inform others of his location, saying: “By Domino’s Pizza. Domino’s Pizza”.

In a video interview posted on the force’s X account, Sgt Cooley recalled on Tuesday: “For some reason, instead of cycling off on his bike, he dropped the bike.

“At which point I thought he’s younger and fitter than me, so I might as well use his bike to my advantage.”

Watching back video of the chase, PC Thind and her sergeant laugh at Oyedokun’s attempt to shake off the officer by running around a car four times, claiming they “tyred him out” in a “Benny Hill-style moment”.

Sgt Cooley: “It was a clapped out old bike. I couldn’t even change the gears on it.”

The chase ended five minutes later as reinforcements finally arrive and the officer yells, “That’s him!”, towards the now cornered suspect.

Colleagues bundle Oyedokun to the ground and later find a large quantity of cannabis discarded in a black Nike backpack dumped behind a bin outside a house on December 9, 2023.

He was handcuffed and arrested for possession with intent to supply Class B drugs.

The mobile phone was also discovered and returned to is owner, a Met police spokesman said.

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