DRUG peddler Daniel Wright has been jailed for more than five years fleeing with his stash on a bicycle.
Wright was cycling with no lights when he was spotted by police in Alfreton Road, Radford.
Officers ordered him to stop but he pedalled off, Nottingham Crown Court heard yesterday.
Police mounted the pavement in their patrol car to try and block his getaway.
But Wright ditched his bike and dumped items from his pockets as he went.
He hid in the corner of a building but detectives found him and recovered £90, three phones and a variety of drugs.
Wright initially claimed the drugs were for personal use.
But police discovered text messages on the phones indicating he had been supplying heroin and crack cocaine.
He pleaded guilty to possessing heroin with intent to supply, supplying heroin and crack cocaine, and possessing crack cocaine and cannabis in April 2013.
Judge Michael Pert gave Wright, a long-time drug abuser, a total of five years and eight months in prison.
"You have a criminal record, in particular you have two previous convictions for drug trafficking. You knew the risk you were running last time if you were discovered for a third.
"I deal with you as a street dealer – a street dealer in Class A drugs who has previous convictions for that."
The court heard that 32-year-old Wright, of Reydon Drive, Whitemoor, had previously been convicted of the trafficking offences and possessing amphetamines, cannabis and crack cocaine.
In mitigation, Adrian Reynolds said his client's life had been extremely difficult for various reasons.
His partner reacted badly when she heard he was having a child with another woman and Wright reverted back to drug use, said Mr Reynolds.
"He does appear to be dealing at a modest level," he added.
"It has all the hallmarks that he was a [drugs] runner. He was caught in April 2013.
"He has self-referred to the John Storer Clinic [which helps people with drugs problems].
"He has moved in with his girlfriend. The child was born shortly after he was arrested. His previous partner will still not give him access to children he had with her.
"He has not reverted to using drugs again."