A suspected drug dealer has been charged after large quantities of heroin and cocaine were seized from a car in Maidstone.

Officers saw a man they suspected to be involved in the supply of drugs next to the River Medway, near St Peter's Street, in February.

He was approached in a nearby car park and detained. Officers seized 17 wraps of heroin and 23 wraps of cocaine after searching a parked Mercedes.

Leandro Silva, of Kennet Walk, Reading, was charged on Saturday, with being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.

The 19-year-old was remanded in custody to appear before Medway Magistrates’ Court today.

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