A MAN has been charged with drug dealing after police swooped on the Whitewaits area of Harlow on Friday morning.

An Essex Police spokesperson said: “Officers arrested three people on suspicion of possession of drugs with intent to supply.

“Samuel Gibbons, 23, of Long Ley, Harlow, has been charged with possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.

“He will appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on 5 November.

“A 17-year-old girl and a 19-year-old man have been released under investigation”.