Five charged after drug raids

Five people have been charged with drugs offences following a series of raids in Oxfordshire.

The four men and one woman, all from Banbury, have all been charged with drug dealing.

All were appearing before Bicester Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

The raids by Thames Valley Police were made at a series of addresses in Bretch Hill, Grimsbury and the town centre areas of Banbury on Monday.

Nicholas Lambrianou, 57, and Ben Hornsby, 22, of The Fairway, have both been charged with 13 offences of supplying Class A drugs.

Matthew Bloom, 28, and Barney Bloom, 23, of Station Approach, have each been charged with nine offences of supplying Class A drugs.

Marcia Silver, 40, of Edmunds Road, has been charged with two offences of supplying Class A drugs.