A MAN has been charged with drug possession offences after police officers raided his home.

A 26-year-old unemployed man was arrested shortly after 6am on Wednesday December 18 after cannabis and cocaine was found in his property on School Lane in Mistley.

He was charged with one count of being in possession of a class A drug and one count of being in possession of a class B drug.

Mr Hooper has been bailed to appear at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday January 7.

A police spokesman said: “We executed this warrant based on the local community informing us of suspicious activity at the property.”