Updated: Seven charged after drugs busts across Basildon (From Echo)

Updated: Seven charged after drugs busts across Basildon

3:53pm Wednesday 19th December 2012 in Local News By Gina Marden

SEVEN people have been charged with drugs offences following a series of drugs raids across Basildon.

Officers from the Kent & Essex Serious Crime Directorate carried out the busts at homes in Basildon, London and Kent on Wedesnday, arresting 15 people.

Of those seven have now been charged.

John Hammond, a 44-year-old unemployed man from Shepeshall, Laindon was charged with two counts of permitting the use of premises for the supply of Class A drugs, eight counts of supplying a Class A drug and one count of being in possession of a Class B drug.

Paula Wilson, a 42-year-old unemployed woman from Clay Hill Road in Basildon, was charged with two counts of supplying a Class A drug and one count of permitting the use of premises for the supply of Class A drugs.

Mark Riggs, 41-year-old unemployed man from Clay Hill Road in Basildon, has been charged with three counts of supplying a Class A drug.

Lisa Kendall, a 40-year-old unemployed woman from Moss Drive in Basildon, has been charged with five counts of supplying a Class A drug.

Rachel Redman, a 37-year-old unemployed woman from Ryedene Place in Basildon, was charged with one count of supplying a Class A drug and one count of being concerned with the production of a Class B drug.

Danny Traxler, a 29-year-old unemployed man from Wickhay in Basildon, was charged with eight counts of being concerned in the supply of a Class A drug.

Viorel Zabulic, a 33-year-old plumber from Wayletts in Basildon, was charged with two counts of being concerned in the supply of a Class A drug.

All seven were due to appear at Southend Magistrates' Court on Thursday.