Man among two jailed for drugs supply offences

A READING man has been jailed following after being convicted for drug supply offences.

Subhaan Nazir, aged 21, of Greenham Avenue, Reading, was found guilty by unanimous jury verdict at a trial at Reading Crown Court which concluded on Thursday, January 26.

Nazir was found guilty of one count of possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and one count of possession with intent to supply heroin.

He was sentenced to three years in jail and ordered to forfeit the drugs, mobile phones, and a quantity of cash.

Saifullah Iqbal, aged 21, of Thorpe Park Road, Peterborough, also pleaded guilty to the same offences.

Iqbal was sentenced to two years in prison, though the sentence was suspended for two years.

On Thursday, August 18, last year, police officers observed a black Audi A3 in a car park on Gillette Way, at the junction of Little Johns Lane and Oxford Road.

After two people walked away from the vehicle, Nazir was stopped in the vehicle and searched, though he appeared to swallow multiple objects.

Nazir was detained for a search and, due to concerns that he had ingested drugs, he was taken to hospital.