Three people have been charged with drugs offences after police carried out a search warrant at a house in Basildon.

Officers from the now-disbanded Basildon Proactive Team, swooped on the property in Butneys at about 10am on Tuesday, August 11.

Ahmed Soleman, 21, of Fern Street, London,, Abdulqafar Farah, 20, of Geoff Cade Way, London, E3, and a 17-year-old girl from Basildon, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have each been charged with two counts of possession of class A drugs with intent to supply.

They have all been released on bail to appear at Basildon Magistrates Court on March 10.