Around £6,000 in cash has been seized along with two Rolex watches, mobile phones and other items linked to the sale of class A drugs after early-morning raids by police.

The operation was carried out in Swanley, Sheerness, and Norfolk as part of an investigation by detectives from the Serious and Organised Crime Unit, part of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate.

Three men were arrested on Tuesday in relation to the alleged conspiracy to supply large quantities of cocaine in Kent.

They have all since been charged with conspiring to supply cocaine between March and July 2020. They are: Michael Shortt, 41, of London Road, Swanley; Bradley O’Neil, 27, of Halfway Road, Sheerness; and Wayne Denton, 35, of Palmer Way in Downham Market, Norfolk.

Shortt and O’Neil have also been charged with possession of criminal property.

All were remanded in custody when they appeared before Medway magistrates on Wednesday. They will next appear at Maidstone Crown Court on Wednesday, January 5.