POLICE arrested three people during a drugs raid in north Kent.

Officers arrested a man and woman at a flat in Shepherd Street, Northfleet, on June 19.

They arrested a third man at Darent Valley Hospital in connection with the operation.

Nigel Salmon, aged 26, of Upper Tulse Hill, Tulse Hill, faces five charges relating to possession and intent to supply both crack cocaine and heroin.

He also faces one charge of possessing cannabis.

Laura Ackleton, aged 19, of Shepherd Street, was charged with permitting the use of premises for smoking cannabis.

And Earl Fearon, aged 25, of Meadow Road, Gravesend, was arrested at Darent Valley Hospital.

He was charged a day later with supplying crack cocaine.