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Police have arrested and charged a man with drug offences linked to Bury St Edmunds.
Officers from the Met police arrested a man on Tuesday 4 May in London as part of Operation Orochi and he was taken to Martlesham Police Investigation Centre for questioning.
Kasende Kasongo, aged 29 and from Grosvenor Road in London, was charged with being concerned in the supplying cocaine and being concerned in the supply of heroin, both between 12 September 2020 and 5 May 2021 in Bury St Edmunds and Basildon in Essex, as well as a third charge of possession of cannabis.
He was remanded to appear before Ipswich Magistrates Court this morning (6 May) where he was further remanded.
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