Man jailed for supplying heroin and crack cocaine after his car was stopped on Burghfield Road

A man has been jailed for drugs supply offences after his car was stopped earlier this year.

Jay Cudlipp, aged 41, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison when he appeared at Reading Crown Court on Tuesday, August 19.

When Thames Valley Police officers stopped a silver Volkswagen Golf that he was driving on Burghfield Road at around 4.35pm on Wednesday, March 19 this year, under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, they found three plastic pots containing 49 wraps overall in the driver’s door handle; £820 in cash in the driver’s door pocket; £38.42 coins in the centre console; a Nokia mobile on the driver’s seat “containing messages consistent with the device being used for the supply of Class A drugs”; and £70 in cash in Cudlipp’s right sock.

The drugs had a street value of around £1,450.

In police interview, he stated the drugs were for personal use, and the cash was derived from sick pay benefits and loans from an unknown friend.

Cudlipp stated 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.

He was charged the next day, on March 20.

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.”

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 also sentenced to three months in prison and disqualified from driving, to be served concurrently with his existing sentence.