Three men, including a suspected drug dealer from Maidstone have been charged following a raid by Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team.

Officers searched an address in London in a dawn raid on Wednesday, seized a mobile phone and arrested Akeem Wilson.

Wilson of Central Hill, Crystal Palace, was later charged with being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin between February 4 and June 23 this year.

Wilson, 18, appeared before Medway magistrates yesterday and was remanded in custody for trial at Maidstone Crown Court on a date to be confirmed.

As part of the same investigation, James Marshall of Week Street, Maidstone, and Raheem Johnson, of Kelvington Road, Dulwich, were arrested last month and charged with being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin.

Marshall, 39, and Johnson, 19, have also been remanded in custody pending trial at Maidstone Crown Court.

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