{"id":92935,"date":"2025-05-11T14:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T14:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/92935\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T14:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T14:29:13","slug":"the-water-bottle-that-brought-his-life-crashing-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/92935\/","title":{"rendered":"The water bottle that brought his life crashing down"},"content":{"rendered":"

When officers pulled Christopher Sigsworth over, they made an unusual discovery\"ChristopherChristopher Sigsworth was found with an unusual bottle(Image: GMP)<\/p>\n

At first glance it looked like an ordinary water bottle.<\/p>\n

But on closer inspection, officers saw it had been specially adapted and stashed with snap bags of cocaine and methamphetamine.<\/p>\n

Greater Manchester Police<\/a> found it being carried by Christopher Sigsworth, 38, after being pulled over in Salford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Eleven days earlier, officers had raided Sigsworth’s home in Clifton, Swinton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Officers seized a quantity of cocaine from the property on January 9, which Sigsworth claimed was for personal use.<\/p>\n

But a further search revealed crystal methamphetamine, a mobile phone and other drug paraphernalia – while a taser-style weapon was also discovered in the property.<\/p>\n

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Sigsworth, of The Green, Clifton, Swinton, was arrested and later bailed pending further enquiries.<\/p>\n

During that time, he was spotted behind the wheel of a Volkswagen in Walkden<\/a> on January 20, where he was pulled over by police.<\/p>\n

Officers searched the car, where they discovered the bottle containing numerous snap bags of methamphetamine and cocaine, having been adapted to discreetly hide the drugs in the middle.<\/p>\n

\"InsideInside the specially adapted bottle(Image: GMP)<\/p>\n

Another snap bag of cocaine was also found by police. Sigsworth was arrested, charged and remanded into custody.<\/p>\n

He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 27 months imprisonment at Manchester Crown Court<\/a> for being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs, four counts of possession with intent to supply, and possession of an offensive weapon.<\/p>\n

PC Louis Aspinall from Salford\u2019s Challenger Proactive Team, which carried out the investigation, said: \u201cSigsworth was involved in the supply of dangerous and illegal drugs to vulnerable people within the community, and I am glad he is now behind bars.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile he tried to hide his drugs in a converted water bottle, ultimately our Challenger team\u2019s thirst for justice outweighed his idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would urge anyone in the Salford area and who has concerns about drugs in their community to get in touch with their local officers. We listen to all tip-offs and your intelligence will be acted on.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When officers pulled Christopher Sigsworth over, they made an unusual discoveryChristopher Sigsworth was found with an unusual bottle(Image:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,30,188,393,4884,2465,1290,6805,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-92935","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-courts","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-salford","15":"tag-swinton","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114489679123922959","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}