Moment brazen dealer hurls a £20k package full of drugs into a prison

A brazen drug dealer has been jailed after being caught on camera hurling a bags of narcotics worth almost £20,000 into a prison. 

Hubert Berus was caught on CCTV several times between January and May 2021 climbing over the perimeter fencing at HMP Peterborough before lobbing items inside.

On one occasion, a prison custody officer was alerted and spotted heavily tattooed Berus and two others running away to a nearby skatepark and stashing something in a ramp.

A package containing class A drugs - with a prison value of about £19,200 - was recovered and was later found to have Berus' DNA on it.

On another occasion a package with almost £2,000 worth of cannabis and tobacco in it was found after it landed in an area between the jail wall and the exercise yard.

Again, this was tested and found to have hapless 23-year-old drug dealer's DNA on it.

Following Berus' arrest for an unrelated matter in March 2021, his mobile phone was downloaded which uncovered messages of him bragging about having chucked a package into HMP Peterborough but it 'bounced off the wall'.

He then explained how he had to throw it again - which was also captured on CCTV, confirming him as the suspect.

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After months of investigation and evidence gathering by detectives, Berus was arrested in Eastfield, near Peterborough city centre, by plain-clothed officers on October 21, 2021.

Berus, of Fletton, Peterborough, appeared at Peterborough Crown Court on Friday October 4 where he was sentenced to three years and two months in prison, after admitting being concerned in the supply of cocaine, heroin and cannabis.

His sentence also included a charge of affray, alongside Kevinas Lazauskas, 20, in relation to an incident in Eastfield, Peterborough, on October 22 last year.

In the early hours of the morning, police received a 999 call from a distressed man stating men in balaclavas were outside his home in Granville Street and were threatening to harm his cousin who was in the house with him.

Lazauskas, of New England, Peterborough, was jailed for one year and 11 months after admitting affray, possession with intent to supply cannabis and breach of a previously suspended sentence for drugs offences.

Detective Constable Jacob Reeves, who investigated, said: 'Not only does this case show our commitment to tackling drug dealing in our county, but also the seriousness of prohibited items going into our prisons. 

'This will absolutely not be tolerated.

'This has been a long and complex investigation, however I am pleased Berus has now admitted his crimes and will be spending significant time behind bars.'