A bungling drug dealer was caught red-handed after he threw bags of cocaine and heroin out of a window - only for it to land next to a police vehicle.

It sparked an investigation and when police raided the home of Rezwan Hussain’s mum they uncovered a £3m drugs factory.

Hussain, 29, of Clement Royds Street, Rochdale , has now been jailed for 11 years and six months after it was discovered he was running his drugs operation from the basement of his parent’s home.

Minshull Street Crown Court heard Greater Manchester Police visited Hussain’s home to speak to his brother about an unrelated matter on March 23, 2015.

Hussain told officers his brother was not in at the time but agreed to pass on the GMP number to his brother.

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But when the police left the address Hussain panicked and clambered up to an attic window, before chucking carrier bags containing drugs out of the window.

By the time the officers returned to their vehicle they found the bags containing cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin on the pavement next to the car.

GMP returned to Hussain’s home and arrested his parents as Hussain had fled the scene.

Searches of the property led police to a basement where a considerable amount of drugs paraphernalia and further Class A substances were found.

Among the items was a cocaine purity test, a hydraulic press, digital scales and adulterants used to lace the drugs.

Prosecuting, Louise Brandon, said: “It was a very sophisticated set-up in that basement. There were further scales, snap bags and fabric conditioner bottles concealing large quantities of cash.”

The total haul of drugs weighed in at 250 kilograms, with an estimated street value of more than £3m - the largest haul of cocaine to be found in the Rochdale area.

Imran Hussain, his brother, is still being hunted by police in connection to the offences.

Defending, Ahmed Nadim, argued Hussain pleaded guilty at the first available opportunity to allow his arrested family members to be released.

He added Hussain did not recruit anybody in his drugs operation and has no previous convictions related to the supply of drugs.

Recorder Harry Narayan handed Hussain an 11 years and six months prison sentence for each offence, to run concurrently.

“This defendant, regardless of the measures or the quantity and monetary value, led a sophisticated operation.”