A SUSPECTED drug dealer has been charged after officers found what they suspected to be heroin at a Basingstoke house.

Joshua Lennon, 22, of Portsmouth Way, Basingstoke, has been charged with possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A.

Officers attended an address on Portsmouth Way on Friday, November 15. At the address, they located what they suspected to be heroin.

Lennon appeared at Southampton Magistrates Court on Saturday, November 16.

He was bailed with conditions and is due to appear at Winchester Crown Court on Wednesday, December 18.