FIVE men will appear before Chelmsford magistrates on Saturday morning after a major operation crack down on class A drug supply in Essex.
Police seized more than five kilos of substances, believed to be cocaine and worth £600,000, as well as large quantities of cash and other assets on Friday.
Officers arrested ten people from Essex and the bordering east London Metropolitan area in connection with the large scale distribution of Class A drugs and money laundering offences.
Keef MCleod, 35, of Bowfell Drive, Langdon Hills; Rruzhdi Tafhazi, 35; of Chelveston Way, Peterborough Lincs; Daniel Clark, 38, of Marlborough Rd, Dagenham; Saimir Neziri, 30, of Wythenshawe Road, Dagenham; and Kevin Cavin, 26, of Thetford Gardens, Dagenham have been charged with conspiracy to supply class A drugs. A 39-year-old man from north London; a 30-year-old man from Dagenham; a 24-year-old man from northwest London, a 34-year-old man from Hornchurch and a 27- year-old woman from Basildon have all been released on police bail to various dates in May and June while enquiries continue.
The drugs bust follows a five-month investigation by detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate (SCD).
The Head of the SCD, ACC Gary Beautridge said "The Serious Crime Directorate are committed to bringing to justice those individuals and organised crime groups who are involved in this type of criminality. The supply of this quantity of drugs to the communities of Essex would have presented a very significant risk to public safety and will not be tolerated."