The moment corrupt detective Andrew Talbot's world came tumbling down outside daughter's school

Shocking CCTV released by Greater Manchester Police captures the moment a corrupt detective drops a bag of cocaine at a primary school after dropping off his daughter.

It was a moment of recklessness that led to an investigation by his own force that would expose Andrew Talbot's secret life as a drug dealer. The 54-year-old father-of-two from Leigh was jailed for 19 years today (October 18) after being convicted of a string of crimes, including supplying class A drugs and misconduct in public office.

Following the sentence, the Manchester Evening News is publishing the footage from the primary school which shows the moment his life of crime began to unravel.

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Moments after dropping off his young daughter, it captures the former army officer walking away from the class, still within the school grounds shortly before 9am on February 13, 2020. He is seen fiddling in a back pocket and, after he withdraws his hand an indistinguishable while item drops to the ground.

Talbot, totally unaware he has dropped anything or that his secret life of crime is about to come crashing down, walks away, to continue his work as a respected detective constable in the serious crime division of Greater Manchester Police.

By lunchtime, shocked staff at the primary school discovered what appeared to be a snap bag of cocaine on the path. Tests later proved their suspicions to be correct.

The deputy headteacher viewed the CCTV and the shock no doubt turned to utter disbelief when they saw not only was it a parent, but a parent who they knew was a police officer.

The school alerted GMP whose counter corruption unit started an investigation.