In a dramatic swoop, Scott Macaree, 34, of Sunset Drive, Havering-atte-Bower, was arrested in front of his children as he collected them from their new Spanish school.
Drug dealer who fled the country after being caught running a drugs factory from his kitchen was jailed for 20 months, but could be free in six.
Ten months before he had been caught with £1,750-worth of the class-A drug, weighing scales, and lottery tickets to wrap the deals, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard.
Acting on intelligence, police raided the home he then shared with his wife and children in Ilford, in March last year but found no one home.
Macaree quietly returned two days later to collect his things and make a dash for the sunshine with his family.But he was caught in January in Spain and brought back to England, where he admitted possessing 29.2g of cocaine, on March 9 last year, with intent to supply.On Friday, he was jailed for 20 months. He sighed with relief and grinned broadly as he was told he would serve half his sentence, less four months he has spent in custody on remand.