'I own this street': Suspected drug dealer’s cocky boast minutes before his arrest

A suspected drug dealer paid the price for a foolish show of bravado in Sheffield as it landed him in police custody.

Police were driving through Parson Cross on Sunday, June 28, when someone caught their attention by aggressively shouting ‘I own this street’ at them.

“This attention might lead to you and your mates being stop searched, with us finding a load of suspected crack cocaine cash and potential burner phones,” said the officers, who revealed one man had been arrested.

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Suspected crack cocaine, burner phones and cash seized by police in Parson Cross, Sheffield
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