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
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 ÂŁ870 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 ÂŁ290.