Five arrested after drug raids in Basingstoke
Police searched two properties in the town
Police investigating reports of Class A drugs supply in Basingstoke have charged two men and arrested three other people.
It comes after officers attended a property on Montserrat Road on Wednesday 15 January and found more than 2,500 wraps of suspected Class A drugs and £900 in cash.
Officers also found £3,800 in cash following a search of a property on Alders Close on the same day.
Four men and a woman were arrested and two of the men have since been charged.
Nathan Mullings, 34, of Alders Close, Basingstoke, has been charged with two counts of conspiracy to supply a Class A controlled drug and acquiring / using / possessing criminal property.
Samuel Ball, 22, of Lyburn Road, Nomansland, Wiltshire, has been charged with two counts of conspiracy to supply a Class A controlled drug and acquiring / using / possessing criminal property.
Two other men and a woman were also arrested as part of the investigation:
A 55-year-old woman from Basingstoke was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply a Class A drug controlled drug.
A 34-year-old man from Basingstoke was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of a Class A drug.
A 28-year-old man from Basingstoke was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply a Class A drug controlled drug.
They have been released under investigation, pending further enquiries.