text: A battle of nerves between Essex Police and a suspected drug dealer has ended after he successfully refused to go to the toilet. 
   
   Twitter users have been keeping track of Essex Police's #PooWatch, which offered updates on the case of a man suspected of swallowing a stash of Class A drugs. 
   
   Lamarr Chambers was arrested in Harlow on 17 January and has spent 47 days in custody refusing to go to the toilet. 
   
   The police, frustrated by the lack of movement in the case and in the suspect, were forced to release him on "medical and legal advice". 
   
   Despite failing to deliver the goods, the 24-year-old was released from custody on 5 March. 
   
   Chambers had daily visits from doctors, was under constant surveillance and was routinely given food and water. He denied medical treatment and opportunities to visit hospital. 
   
   The Crown Prosecution Service have discontinued the charges against Mr Chambers in relation to possession with intent to supply a Class A drug and driving matters. 
   
   However, Chambers was subsequently re-arrested by Essex Police on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of a Class A drug. 
   
   He has been released on bail and was taken by police car, in the company of a medical professional, to hospital for treatment. 
   
   Police had applied for custody extensions at seven court hearings as they waited for Chambers, from Brixton in south London, to go for a poo. ||||| Image copyright Essex Police Image caption Lamarr Chambers was arrested in Harlow in January 
   
   Prosecutors have dropped their case against a suspected drug dealer who refused to use the toilet after allegedly swallowing substances. 
   
   Lamarr Chambers, 24, of Villa Road in Brixton, had been arrested during a police chase in Essex, on 17 January. 
   
   Essex Police said it had released him following 47 days in custody after getting medical and legal advice. 
   
   The Crown Prosecution Service said it discontinued drug charges against him because of "insufficient evidence". 
   
   It is understood it is the longest anyone has gone without going to the toilet while in custody. 
   
   Charges Mr Chambers faced relating to driving matters, following his arrest in Harlow, were dropped "in the public interest", prosecutors said. 
   
   How your body reacts to not pooing for 20 days 
   
   However, police said he was subsequently rearrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of a Class A drug and has been released on bail. 
   
   Following his release from custody on Monday, Mr Chambers was taken to hospital and is understood to have since been treated, Essex Police said. 
   
   The force said that while he was being held, he was routinely supplied with food and water and received medical visits every day. 
   
   Despite this, nothing was passed by Mr Chambers, who also routinely declined medical treatment and the opportunity to visit hospital, it said. 
   
   Deputy Chief Constable BJ Harrington said: "Where detainees are suspected of ingesting or concealing drugs inside their body, we must balance overseeing their welfare and ensuring that all evidence is captured to ensure the best possible chance of prosecution. 
   
   "We will... not shy away from talking about the unpleasant truths that go hand in hand with the drug dealing lifestyle, from the violence often perpetrated by those involved to the expectation on dealers to 'plug' drugs to avoid capture." 
   
   Reporting restrictions placed on the case at an earlier hearing at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court were lifted.
target: – Lamarr Chambers fought the law, and the law came in No. 2—all over some No. 2. The BBC reports "poo watch" has officially ended in the UK, with the 24-year-old released on Monday after 47 days in custody in which he refused to have a bowel movement. Chambers was arrested in Essex on Jan. 17, and police suspected the alleged drug dealer had swallowed his stash—and decided to wait him out. It didn't work after what Sky News reports was seven court hearings in which police sought custody extensions, and even though Chambers ate and drank daily. Prosecutors decided to drop the charges—possession with intent to supply—against him due to "insufficient evidence," though he was then re-arrested by police on different drug charges—suspicion of being concerned in the supply. He was released on bail; Chambers was then taken to a hospital and treated. The BBC reports it's believed to be the longest anyone in custody has gone without pooping, though the human body can go longer. Newser previously reported that a 16-year-old British girl died in 2013 after she reportedly did not have a bowel movement for eight weeks. (This remains one classic story of a poop gone wrong.)