A man has been jailed following a stop check by officers in Chester, where he admitted to burglary and drug offences.

Matthew Green, from Sealand Road, Chester appeared at Chester Crown Court on 29 April.

There he pleaded guilty to possession of Class B drugs (Cannabis), possession of a knife and burglary.

On the evening of 30 March 2025, officers in plain clothes were on patrol in the Garden Quarter area of the city following an increase in reports of burglaries.

The officers from the Chester Beat Team were alerted to a burglary and given a description of the suspect. 

They spotted a man on a bike fitting the description on Westbourne Road, carrying a large 'bag for life' cycling away from the Garden Quarter.

When officers attempted to stop the 35-year-old, he threw the 'bag for life' at them and tried to cycle off.

The police were then able to detain him.

He was found with a number of items including a PlayStation 5, a set of samurai swords, a Nitrosurge Guinness beer pump, a guitar pedal and a large quantity of cannabis.

After admitting to a burglary, he was arrested and subsequently charged.

He has now been sentenced to two years five months and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £228.

DC Paul Boneham said: "Green was so brazen that he didn't even attempt to hide his guilt.

"When he gets out of prison he will be subjected to a criminal behaviour order, barring him from the Garden Quarter to try and curb his offending.

"If he breaches this he faces going straight back to prison."