A man has been charged with possession of crack cocaine after drugs were seized during a police raid in a Lowestoft car park.

A police spokesman said: 'Forty-eight-year-old Mark Lawrence, of Blyford Road, has been charged with possession of crack cocaine and is due to appear at Lowestoft magistrates court on Tuesday, October 15.

'A vehicle was stopped by police in the Village Rise car park about 2pm on Wednesday (September 25) and the occupant was detained for a drugs search. A small quantity of crack cocaine was seized.'