Man sentenced for drug supply offences – Windsor

Hello Resident,

Following our investigation, a man has been sentenced for drug supply offences in Windsor. 

Zohaib Butt, aged 26, of Belfast Avenue, Slough, was sentenced to a year in prison, suspended for a year-and-a-half, at Reading Crown Court on Thursday (17/7). He was also ordered to complete 180 hours of unpaid work.  

At the same hearing, Butt pleaded guilty to: 

At around 11pm on 9 August 2021, officers from the Maidenhead South Neighbourhood Policing Team found more than £4,000 in cash in Butt’s vehicle on Stovell Road, in addition to a bag of cannabis and several mobile phones.  

Officers then searched Butt’s property and found over £3,000 in cash. 

Analysis of the mobile phones uncovered evidence of involvement in cannabis supply.  

Butt was charged by postal requisition on 22 March 2023. 

Investigating officer PC Luke Jenkins, of the Maidenhead South Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “Thames Valley Police does not tolerate drug supply in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. 

“The supply of drugs is a serious cause of harm, and it can often exploit the most vulnerable in our communities.  

“Our dedicated Neighbourhood Policing Team remains committed to relentlessly tackling this issue and keeping our communities safe. 

“If you have any information about drug supply in your area, you can report it to us by calling 101 or through the online reporting form on our website. 

“Alternatively, you can report anonymously by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or by visiting their website.”