DETECTIVES have charged four men following a series of raids as part of a crackdown on the supply of drugs in Hampshire.

Darren Morris, 39, of Denzil Avenue, Southampton will appear before Southampton magistrates today facing a charge of conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin.

Wasim Younas, 33, of Blackberry Terrace, Southampton, Kenneth Lewis, 39, of Bellvue Road, Southampton and Geoffrey Taylor, 39, of Lodge Road, Southampton were all charged with the same offence.

A fifth man, a 23-year-old from Southampton, has been released on police bail pending further inquiries.

All five were arrested following a series of raids on addresses across Southampton on Tuesday morning.