Avon and Somerset Police have charged 24 people with drugs and handing stolen goods offences following a series of warrants in the Radstock and Midsomer Norton area.
The action follows a lengthy investigation during which police built up a picture about drugs supply and possession in the area.
An Avon and Somerset police spokesman said: “We’ve now charged 24 people with a total of 143 offences of supplying drugs and handling stolen goods.
“Twelve people appeared at court yesterday with three being remanded in custody and nine being released on bail until a future court appearance.”
Five people will appear at Bristol Magistrates Court today with the others appearing at court in the coming weeks.
Six people were arrested on Wednesday after police raids across Radstock and Midsomer Norton.
The arrests were made as officers forced entry to homes and searched them for any evidence of Class A and B drugs, including cocaine and cannabis. Around ten bags of cocaine powder has been seized.
One pub, the Stones Cross in North Road, Midsomer Norton was also searched and was later closed down under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003.
Officers applied for the so-called ‘crack house closure’ on the grounds that the pub was concerned with drugs use and the handling of stolen goods.