FIVE more men from Newport arrested after a series of Gwent Police raids in the city earlier this week, have appeared before magistrates.

They have been charged with offences relating to the alleged supply of class A drugs, following co-ordinated raids as part of the Gwent Police’s ongoing Operation Jigsaw.

The five defendants and the charges they face are:

Kade Reynolds, 26, of Somerton Park - five counts of supplying heroin and one count of supplying crack cocaine;

Delroy Lewis, 50, of Clarence Place - four counts of supplying heroin;

Kane Bray, 19, of Somerton Park - two counts of supplying heroin;

Mason Quigley, 21 - of Claremont, three counts of supplying heroin;

Nicholas Holwell, 33 - of Maesglas Road, three counts of supplying heroin and one count of possessing cannabis.

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All five were remanded in custody and are due to appear at Newport Crown Court on Thursday July 2.

Six other defendants from Newport, five men and a woman, were remanded in custody earlier this week after they appeared at Newport Magistrates' Court on class A drug supply charges.