A man has been charged with supply and possession of cocaine and heroin after police raided properties in St Albans.

As part of ongoing efforts to target county lines drug dealing, officers from the Operation Mantis team executed warrants at two addresses.

Kirk Cole, 20, of Bury Court, Bedford, was arrested and later charged with being concerned in the supply and possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin. He has been remanded into custody.

£9,000 worth of class A drugs and mobile phones suspected to be used as part of the county lines were also seized.

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"This latest operation is part of our continuing drive to disrupt and dismantle county lines gangs operating in Hertfordshire," said Detective Sergeant Chris Cowell, from Hertfordshire Constabulary’s Operation Mantis Team.

"We have made great advances in the battle against drugs in the county over recent years, and have again made some significant arrests, seizing a large amount of drugs and breaking up criminal networks in the process.

"We will continue to take a very proactive approach to gang crime, working with our partners in other forces and national agencies, to make it difficult for these crime groups to operate in our towns."