A TEENAGER who reportedly smoked cannabis outside a council office has been arrested on suspicion of drug dealing.

Essex Police arrested a 16-year-old girl on suspicion of possession with intent to supply after she was stopped outside Castle Point Council’s office, in Kiln Road, Thundersley.

In a post on Facebook, a spokesman for the Castle Point community policing team said officers discovered several items which “were suspected to connect her to the supply of Class A and B drugs”.

The suspect was interviewed before being released on bail until December this year.