TWO men are due to be sentenced for selling drugs at Reading Festival.
Saif Hussain, 20, of Kings Road in Reading and Amir Ferjani, 19, of Illingworth Avenue in Caversham are due to be sentenced at Reading Crown Court for possession of Class B and Class A drugs with intent to supply respectively.
The pair were caught by festival security on August 26, 2021. Class A and Class B drugs were found under the seat of a moped the pair were using alongside an unknown quantity of cash and mobile phones.
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Data downloaded from the found messages related to drug dealing at the festival which were linked to Ferjani.
Both have pleaded guilty to different counts.
Hussain will be sentenced on May 18 at the same court for one count of possession of Class B with intent to supply.
He had previously been charged with further counts but the Crown has confirmed they will offer no evidence on those.
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A pre-sentence report will be prepared for Hussain.
Ferjani will be sentenced on April 27 for three counts, two counts of possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply and one count of possession of Class B drugs with intent to supply.
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