A MAN has been jailed for three months and disqualified for driving for a number of drug offences in Reading.
Jay Cudlipp, aged 41, of no fixed abode, was found guilty at a hearing at Reading Crown Court on Tuesday, August 19.
Cudlipp was found guilty by unanimous jury of one count of possession with intent to supply a Class A drug, namely crack cocaine; and one count of possession with intent to supply a Class A drug, namely heroin.
He was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison, as well as handed a concurrent three months in prison and a driving disqualification.
It comes after Thames Valley Police stopped a silver Volkswagen Golf on Burghfield Road in Reading for a Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act in March.
In the car, which Cudlipp was driving, officers found three plastic pots containing 49 wraps of drugs in the driver’s door handle, alongside £820 in cash, as well as £70 of cash in Cudlipp’s sock, and a Nokia mobile phone.
The drugs had a street value in the region of £1450.
The phone contained messages consistent with the device being used for the supply of Class A drugs.
In police interview, Cudlipp stated the drugs were for personal use, and the cash was derived from sick pay benefits and loans from an unknown friend.
He also stated the sent messages ‘17 N2’ was about door numbers and sent message ‘Got Bi carb’ was for washing crack for his own use.
He admitted the vehicle was his but couldn’t remember who he bought it off and that he was in the process of registering it; he also admitted he was disqualified from driving.
Investigating officer PC Liam Steele, of the Berkshire West Proactive team, said: “Our Proactive team will target drug dealers like Jay Cudlipp through both visible and covert tactics that are aimed at disrupting and pursuing offenders involved in the supply of drugs.
“The information from the public around the drug supply offences in Reading plays an important role in developing intelligence into a proactive investigation.
“If you have any information we would encourage you to report it to us by calling 101 or by reporting online on the Thames Valley Police website.”
