TWENTY-FOUR men have been charged following a series of raids on addresses in Bolton, Bury and Ashton-under-Lyne on Wednesday.

The offences they have been charged with include conspiracy to supply class A drugs, supply of class A drugs and being concerned in the supply of class A drugs.

The following are appearing at Bolton Magistrates' Court today: Asif Abbas, aged 22, of Parkhills Close, Bury; Asif Suleman, aged 26, Shepley Avenue, Bolton; Shaun Holt, aged 18, South Street, Bolton; Irfan Iqbal, aged 22, of Millford Road, Bolton; Qamar Fazal, aged 21, Millford Road, Bolton; Shekab Iqbal, aged 20, Millford Road, Bolton; Mo Javid Patel, aged 26, Auburn Street, Bolton; Munaf Sulleman, aged 23, Shepley Avenue, Bolton; Faruq Malji, aged 19, Haynes Street, Bolton; Saqib Hussain, aged 26, Gilnow Road, Bolton; Daniel Leece, aged 18, Greenland Road, Bolton; Mohammed Rehma, aged 22, Burnaby Street, Bolton; Shabab Hussain, aged 21, Lever Edge Lane, Bolton; Lee Kinsella, aged 31, Sherringham Place, Bolton; Yasir Mehmood, aged 21, Andrew Street, Bury; Hessain Patel, aged 20, Ashworth Lane, Bolton; Ali Rauf, aged 25, Heywood Street, Bury; Safraz Hussein, aged 28; and Eamon McCarthy, aged 22.

A 17-year-old youth from Bolton is also appearing in court today.

The following appeared at Bolton Magistrates' Court yesterday: Arron Green, aged 19, of Roxalina Street, Bolton, and Khalid Yusuf, aged 27, Higher Swan Lane, Bolton. A 17-year-old from Bolton also appeared before the court yesterday.

Tarfan Ali Khan, aged 28, of Mayor Street, Bolton, is due to appear before Bolton magistrates on January 2.