Footage shows the moment a drug dealer fled as police bashed down his front door before finding cocaine and weapons under the floorboards.

Jay Harris used multiple associates to run away to Devon when officers raided his house in Knockholt, near Sevenoaks, on December 7.

Prior to their arrival, the 29-year-old was captured on video evading arrest by fleeing through the rear garden.

Teams were deployed to pursue him while officers carried out a warrant at the property in Harrow Road.

Searches led to the discovery of a safe in a hide, which had been cut into floorboards in the bedroom, with a flap cut into the carpet to allow access.

Officers recovered just under five kilograms of cocaine, more than £30,000 in cash, a firearm, six rounds of ammunition, air weapons, knives, a knuckleduster, a mobile phone and comprehensive stock-taking notes.

Detectives carried out extensive inquiries, assisted by Devon and Cornwall Police, and found the drug dealer just 36 hours later at a petrol station.

He had a holdall containing £2,000 in cash, clothes, toiletries, mobile devices, SIM cards and chargers, indicating he had intended to stay away from his home for some time.

Harris was arrested and taken back to Kent and subsequently charged with drugs and weapons offences.

He denied his involvement but later pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine, possession of a firearm, possession of ammunition for a firearm without a certificate and possession of criminal property, namely cash.

He was sentenced to 10 years and three months’ imprisonment at Maidstone Crown Court on Tuesday (October 21).

Investigating officer, DC Lottie Bishop, said: “Harris initially maintained his innocence, claiming that he acted under duress with surmounting drug debts.

“A thorough investigation by Kent Police detectives uncovered a raft of evidence, including forensics, that proved his involvement as a key player in a drugs ring supplying Class As to Kent and London.”