Benfleet: Man charged with supplying Class A drugs

We have charged a man with supplying Class A drugs and possessing weapons.

Our Operation Falcon officers, who target organised crime groups in Essex, are investigating the supply of Class A drugs in the south of the county.

As part of this investigation the officers executed a warrant at an address in Benfleet in the early hours of Wednesday 20 November.

A man in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of drugs and weapons offences, with officers seizing knives, batons, suspected Class A and Class B drugs, drugs paraphernalia and mobile phones.

Now, 32-year-old Topka Waiwaiku, of Starling Close in Benfleet, has been charged with being concerned in the supply of a Class A drug, possession with intent to supply a Class B drug, and four counts of possessing an offensive weapon.

He was released under investigation having also been arrested on suspicion of a firearm offence.

Waiwaiku appeared at Southend-on-Sea Magistrates’ Court today, Thursday 21 November, and was remanded in custody pending a future court date.

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