A TEENAGER caught with Class A drugs and a knife has been convicted at Reading Youth Court. 

At around 5.30pm on September 17, police attended reports of a disturbance in Northbrook Street, Newbury. 

There officers found a 16 year-old boy who unsuccesfully fled when they attempted to search him. 

He was later found with a knife, heroin, electronic scales, cling film and a balaclava. 

The boy, from Croydon, was arrested and charged on the following day with possession with intent to supply heroin a Class A drug and possession of a knife blade/sharply pointed article in a public place.

He was remanded and appeared at Reading Youth Court on the same day, where he pleaded guilty to both offences. He now been bailed to Croydon Crown Court at a later date for sentencing.

Following the conviction, Sergeant Damien Isherwood of Newbury police station said: “Those that deal drugs take advantage of the weak while they reap the financial gains.

“My team and I will do everything we can to bring drug dealers to justice to keep West Berkshire a safer place.”

If you have information on drug dealing in West Berkshire, please report it via 101 or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. If a crime is in progress or in an emergency, always dial 999.