Man jailed for drug offences in Reading

52 year old Matthew Ramsey was jailed for five years and 219 days following a hearing at Guildford Crown Court

Author: Ellie RobsonPublished 18th Feb 2026

Following a Thames Valley Police investigation, a man has been jailed for drugs supply offences in Reading

At around 12.50pm on 23 September last year, a suspected drug exchange had been seen in an alleyway on Oxford Road.

Matthew Ramsey, aged 52, was subsequently stopped and arrested.

Ramsey was seen by police to discard drugs into a front garden. Following a search, a plastic pot containing 20 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin.

Ramsey was in possession of £870 in cash and a mobile phone which contained messages regarding drug dealing.

A premise search was then conducted at a property and a further plastic pot containing four wraps of suspected crack cocaine was located. The total street value of the drugs recovered was in the region of £290.

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