A former Loughton man behaved “like a wild animal” when stopped and arrested in Loughton after a police chase.

Barhat Kaya, 22, also resisted being strip searched at the police station, a judge at Chelmsford Crown Court was told.

However, police finally discovered the reason for his behaviour and his reluctance to be strip searched. He had 21 wraps of cocaine and five wraps of diamorphine hidden up his anus.

In the end the former barber, who now lives in Cumberland Road, Edmonton, admitted the secret drug stash, telling police: "F*** it, let's just get it done. I will take a sh** and get it out."

Judge Charles Gratwicke was told that after nature had taken its course the drug haul finally came to light.

Kaya pleaded guilty to two offences of possession of class A drugs and two offences of assault and was jailed for two and a half years.

He was spotted driving a silver Nissan in Debden and after plain clothed police saw his passenger acting suspiciously they pursued the vehicle finally stopping it in Etheridge Road, Loughton.

The court was told by prosecutor Carolyn Gardiner that when stopped Kaya “behaved like a wild animal”, refusing to get into the police vehicle.

He also bit two officers as they tried to arrest him and it took several officers to finally get him in a police car.

Sentencing him, Judge Gratwicke told Kaya: "These police officers were doing what they are paid for and required to do. Your behaviour once arrested was quite disgraceful."

He added that those who dealt in class A drugs deserve custody because they preyed on users' need.

The court heard that Kaya, who had lived in Loughton for two years, had no previous convictions and was ashamed and remorseful.

The catalyst for his offending started when his marriage broke down and he became depressed and started using cannabis. It escalated to a £150 a week habit and he ran up debts.