Four more charged following dawn raid on gang supplying heroin and crack cocaine on Northampton estate

Four more men have been charged in connection with a police operation targeting into a drugs gang supplying heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis to users on a Northampton estate.

Kaylun Smalley, 24, from Kingston-upon-Hull, 20-year-old Caylum Young, of no fixed abode, and Jerome Taylor, 18, of Northampton, all appeared at Northampton Magistrates’ Court charged with conspiracy to supply Class A and B drugs last week.

Another teenager, 19-year-old Kray Stewart, previously of Northampton, appeared via video link on the same charges on the same day.

All four are next due to appear at Northampton Crown Court on Friday (September 11).

Two men arrested during a dawn raid on a property in St David's in April — Carl Richardson, 50, and 21-year-old Jamie Hobbs, both previously of Northampton — had already appeared at Crown Court.

All the charges were secured in connection with investigations focusing on the supply of drugs in the St David’s area of the town following complaints from local residents.

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