Berkshire drug network disrupted and three people jailed
Thames Valley Police have broken up sophisticated illegal drugs network in Berkshire.
Last updated 5th May 2026
Police in Berkshire have broken up a sophisticated illegal drugs network and three people have been jailed as a result of their investigation.
The ringleader and two others have been sentenced to more than 12-and-a-half years in prison after admitting to their involvement in the conspiracy fronted by a fake clothing brand. Police seized thousands of pounds-worth of drugs and cash.
Investigating officer PC Tom Kennedy, of the Proactive team, based at Reading police station, said: “A large amount of officers and staff have worked together to disrupt this illegal drugs network and bring these dealers to justice
“The sentences given to these three offenders reflects the seriousness of the consequences in supplying illegal drugs.
“We will continue to target and prosecute offenders involved in the supply of drugs as it brings misery to our communities and exploits vulnerable people.”
Police uncovered a sophisticated illegal drugs network in June last year which was operating through the use of a WhatsApp business known as ‘Vicstore’. It used a fake clothing brand as a front, which was used to take payments for a host of class A, B and C drugs and other illicit items. The drugs would be ordered online, packaged and then distributed. It used delivery drivers, the postal network and a number of coded drop boxes at various Berkshire locations.
Multiple container storage units across Reading and Wokingham and Farnborough were used to hold and package different drugs. The network was run and owned by Erik Gasparovsky who had a number of people to help him package and deliver the drugs, including Judit Zaid and Istvan Teczely.
In June, Gasparovsky was arrested at his home on Oxford Road, Reading. Officers searched his house and cars, seizing several branded clothes as well as phones and equipment that linked him to ‘Vicstore’ and the other suspects.
On the same day, Zaid was arrested at a storage unit in Reading loading items into her car. The items included a safe containing approximately £2,000 in cash plus ketamine, MDMA, methyl-amphetamine, MMC, cocaine, GBL, cannabis and cannabis resin. Police estimate the items wholesale value would be in the region of £14,835.
Officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary arrested Teczely in Hampshire. He had in his possession a tick list and a phone connecting him to the Vicstore drugs network.
Police also searched storage containers in Farnborough and Wokingham, seizing more drugs including MDMA, methyl-amphetamine, amphetamine, ketamine, MMC, cocaine, and cannabis. Their approximate street value were £4,415 and £9,080 respectively.
The three defendants were linked to the storage units over a number of weeks prior to their arrest due to extensive forensic and CCTV enquiries.
31-year-old Gasparovsky, of Oxford Road, Tilehurst, Teczely, aged 42, of no fixed abode, and Zaid, aged 38, of Gloucester Road, Feltham, London, were all charged on the evening of their arrest.
At Reading Crown Court on 16 April, Gasparovsky was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison. Teczely was jailed for three years and Zaid for two years and four months.
The judge also ordered the forfeiture and destruction of the illegal drugs and mobile phones. A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing is also pending.