A MAN charged as part of an ongoing investigation into drugs supply is to appear in court in Wirral today (Wednesday, February 21).

Following extensive inquiries carried out as part of Operation Venetic, police arrested a man at an address in Liverpool yesterday (Tuesday, February 20).

Ian Fitzgibbon, 29, of no fixed abode, has been charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply heroin and acquiring/using/possessing criminal property.

He has been remanded into custody to appear at Wirral Magistrates Court later this afternoon.