A Kent man was one of twenty-two people charged with drug supply offences following dawn raids.

The raids were carried out simultaneously at addresses across Tower Hamlets and east London on Wednesday.

Salikul Rahman, 22, of Singlewell Road in Gravesend was charged with two counts of the supply of crack heroin and the supply of crack cocaine.

He will be sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 14 June alongside two Tower Hamlets men.

All suspects attended Thames Magistrates’ Court on Thursday and those who pleaded not guilty are remanded to appear at Snaresbrook Crown Court on July 5.