A PAIR of men have gone on the run after nearly £1,000 worth of class A drugs were found in a Wordsworth flat.

Giedrius Sabaliauskas and Daljit Bhurjee were bailed to Reading crown court but didn't turn up. Now police are hunting them after they were sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison in their absence.

Officers swooped on the flat in Bracknell on Wednesday, March 11 earlier this year. Cocaine and heroin with a street value of £990, along with £470 of cash and mobile phones were seized at the scene.

Bhurjee was arrested at the scene with Sabaliauskas arrested later on the same day following forensic analysis.

Investigating Officer, PC Phillip Appleby from Bracknell CID, said: “This case highlights that drug dealers who come from areas outside of Bracknell to the town, to ply their trade, will be dealt with severely.

“It is an example of the ongoing work by the police to kick this kind of problem out of town and prevent the associated crimes with drug use that drug dealing causes.

“Bhurjee and Sabaliauskas have been active in drug dealing in Bracknell. The lengthy sentences will act as a deterrent for others who choose to come to Bracknell to deal drugs. The length of the sentence shows how seriously the courts consider the behaviour of both defendants.

“I would appeal for anyone with any information of the whereabouts of Bhurjee and Sabaliauskas to contact the police so that they can serve their sentences handed down by the court.”

After a two day trial the men were sentenced at Reading crown court on Tuesday, August 4.

Bhurjee, 24, of Yeams Close in London was sentenced to three and a half years for one count of being concerned in an offer to supply a class A controlled drug, cocaine, and one count of being concerned in an offer to supply a class A controlled drug, heroin. These will run consecutively.

He was also sentenced to one year for one count of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class A, heroin, and on count of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class A, cocaine. These sentences will run concurrently with each other but consecutively with the other sentences, totalling four and a half years.

Sabaliauskas, 21, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison after being found guilty of one count of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class A, heroin, and one count of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class A, cocaine. The sentences will run concurrently.