Four people have been arrested on suspicion of helping to deal heroin in Maidstone.

On Wednesday (November 16) a man walking through the town centre aroused the suspicion of plain clothed police officers.

They arrested the 35-year-old of no fixed abode in Union Street for being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.

Police then carried out a search of a home in Woollet street and arrested a further two people, a 42-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man, both from Maidstone, who were inside.

A fourth man, a 43-year-old from Aylesford, was also arrested close to the property.

The 35-year-old man has been bailed, pending further enquiries, until Thursday, January 5.

The other three have been bailed, pending further enquiries, until Thursday, January 12.