“I think I’ve got a f****** grenade”: Drugs runner's terrifying confession in dramatic arrest footage

A drugs courier made a shocking admission to armed police following his arrest in dramatic footage captured on bodycam.

Joseph Grey, 56, was stopped as part of Operation Brooks, a covert investigation into an organised crime group who were dealing class B drugs from the north west into Nottinghamshire.

As officers surrounded the car, they smashed the window and ordered him to show his hands before asking if had ‘anything he shouldn’t have’ on him.

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Grey replied ‘yes’, and was asked by the officer: “What do you have on you at the moment?”

He then admitted: “I think it’s a f******* grenade”.

When asked to confirm, he also admitted to having a gun.

The officer then asked him where they were and he replied nonchalantly, 'in my pocket and my arm here' before he was searched.

Removing the grenade, which appeared to be wrapped in bubble wrap, the officer said: “Yes, that is a grenade.”

A further search of the car revealed vacuum packed bags of cannabis and cash hidden in a sports bag.

The grenade was later detonated at the scene.

The footage has been released following the sentencing of others involved in the conspiracy at Manchester Crown Court.

Grey worked as a drugs courier for drug kingpin Jonathan Walsh, Manchester Crown Court heard.

As part of the operation, he would transport cannabis and amphetamine in five and ten kilo quantities to Mansfield.

Walsh would buy 10kg worth of cannabis for £50,000 and sell it for £65,000, and so was making £15,000 profit a time, a previous hearing was told.

“Grey made a lot of trips, so I made a lot of money”, Walsh said.

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