Southend News
Updated: Suspects charged after massive drugs bust
6:04pm Wednesday 8th February 2012
A FURTHER seven people have been charged with drugs offences following a string of 30 police raids.
Police are still processing the 37 people arrested during Wednesday's operation.
Today there were a string of people due to appear at Southend Magistrates Court on class A drugs supply offences.
They are Fidel Rochester, a 29-year-old shop assistant, from Goldsmith Road in Kennington, London, Daniel Wakeling a 20-year-old unemployed man from Cambridge Road in Southen, Clint Wilson, a 40-year-old unemployed man, from Pantile Avenue in Southend, Priscilla Patarca, a 27-year-old student, from East Street in Kennington, 47-year-old unemployed Neil Innocent from Coleman Street in Southend, 22-year-old unemployed Osman Mohammed from Homerton Road in Hackney, London, and a 16-year-old student from Kennington.
A number of addresses in the Southend were raided by police as part of Operation Okra, including Coleman Street, Chancellor Road, Cambridge Road, Sherwood Way, Genesta Road, Pantile Avenue, North Road, London Road, Fairfax Drive, Salisbury Avenue and Palmerstone Road.
Anyone who has concerns or wishes to pass information to officers in Southend should contact Essex Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.