Teenager charged after police seize £250,000 worth of drugs in Witham raid
Braintree Neighbourhood Policing Team arrest 19-year-old following warrant at residential address
A 19-year-old man has been charged in connection with the supply of cocaine and cannabis after police carried out a warrant in Witham.
Officers from the Braintree Neighbourhood Policing Team executed the warrant at a property in Benton Close on Tuesday 27 January, where they arrested Lorenc Lata.
During a search of the address, police discovered several bricks of suspected cocaine along with large quantities of cannabis.
The drugs are believed to have a combined street value of approximately £250,000.
Lata has since been charged with being concerned in the supply of cocaine and being concerned in the supply of cannabis.
He is scheduled to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 29 January.