Man jailed for drug and knife offences in Bracknell
The man was bailed for the knife offence and later rearrested for intent to supply heroine and cocaine
Last updated 15th Apr 2025
A man has been jailed for drugs, knife and driving offences in Bracknell after he was found with a hunting knife.
Leon Gannon, aged 36, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to three years and a month in prison at Reading Crown Court on Thursday (10/4).
He was also disqualified from driving for four-and-a-half years.
Gannon pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to supply controlled drugs of class A, namely cocaine and heroin, and one count each of possession of a knife in a public place and failing to provide a specimen for analysis at the same hearing.
At around 4.45pm on 15 October last year, Bracknell and Wokingham Tasking Team officers stopped Gannon in a vehicle that was parked behind a row of shops in Rectory Row, Easthampstead.
The officers located a hunting-style knife in the bag belonging to Gannon, so they arrested him.
Gannon was charged on 9 November last year and remanded to custody, but was then released on conditional court bail.
Then, at around 12.35pm on 20 January this year, officers stopped Gannon and his vehicle in Bywood, Hanworth.
The officers located heroin and cocaine, with an estimated value of £2,810, in the vehicle.
The officers also attempted to conduct a roadside drugs wipe on Gannon as they suspected he was driving under the influence of drugs but he refused.
The officers arrested Gannon, who then refused to provide bloods for analysis at the police station.
He was charged in relation to this incident the following day.
Investigating officer PC Thomas Goold, of the Bracknell and Wokingham Tasking Team, said: “I am pleased to see Leon Gannon imprisoned after we found class A drugs and a knife in his possession, and he refused to be checked for drug-driving.
We will not tolerate this sort of offending in Bracknell or anywhere else in the Thames Valley.
This case shows the importance of stop and search as a tool to fight crime, such as drug-dealing, carrying knives in public and drug-driving.
We are working hard to disrupt the supply of illegal drugs in Bracknell but we need the public’s support.
If you have any information then please either call 101 or contact us via our website.
You can also report information anonymously to independent charity Crimestoppers by calling 0800 555 111 or via its website.”