Watch the moment (click to play above) when a drug dealer crashed his BMW after a high speed police chase. Maredudd Francis, 31, only stopped when he crashed into another car on the M56 in Cheshire.

A former rugby captain turned drug dealer led officers on a 140mph pursuit along the M56, dramatic dashcam footage ... Francis only stopped after crashing his BMW into another vehicle.

The case began on 29 September 2024, when a Cheshire Police officer attempted to stop a grey BMW 325 on the M56 that was being driven by Francis, whose partner was also in the passenger seat.

As previously reported, Maredudd Francis was jailed this week following the 140mph pursuit in which drug deals were thrown out of the window of the rugby player’s BMW. After the chase on the M56 in ...

Maredudd Francis was jailed this week following the 140mph pursuit in which drug deals were thrown out of the window of the rugby player’s BMW. After the chase on the M56 in Cheshire ...

The case began on 29 September 2024, when a Cheshire Police officer attempted to stop a grey BMW 325 on the M56 that was being driven by Francis, whose partner was also in the passenger seat.

Maredudd Francis, 31, only stopped after crashing his grey BMW into another car during the high-speed chase on the M56 in Cheshire. Francis, the former captain of Welsh rugby union team RGC ...

Josh Gorst, prosecuting, explained how on Sunday, September 29, last year, an officer was on patrol in a marked Cheshire Police car on the M56 eastbound near to junction 11 for Daresbury. The officer ...

an officer was on patrol in a marked Cheshire Police car on the M56 eastbound near to junction 11 for Daresbury. The officer was alerted to a vehicle, a grey BMW, which was highlighted on his ...

Prosecutor Joshua Gorst told the court how a police officer on mobile patrol decided to stop a grey BMW car on the M56 motorway on September 29 last year. It was driven by the defendant ...