POLICE say a 26-year-old man is the latest person to be charged with involvement in the supply of class A drugs as part of an investigation into a county lines network.

Malique Orrell, 26, from Great Barr, in Birmingham, has been charged with being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine in the Bridgwater area.

He has also been charged with an offence of acquiring/using/possessing criminal property.

The charges relate to alleged offences committed between July 4 and November this year.

Orrell appeared at Taunton Deane Magistrates’ Court yesterday (Thursday, December 2) and was remanded into custody until his next appearance at Taunton Crown Court on Friday, December 17.

An Avon and Somerset Police spokesperson said: "Nine people from Somerset and the West Midlands have now been arrested, and of those six people have now been charged."