SEVEN men have been charged as part of a probe into credit card and driving licence cloning across the south.

Police say 70 people, including some from Hampshire, were targeted between September 2017 and August 2018.

Officers say people from Dorset, East Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex were also targeted.

Now, following an investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), seven men have been charged.

• William Benning, aged 32, of Callisto Close, Crawley, West Sussex, was charged with six allegations of money laundering

• Daniel Myers, aged 42, of no fixed abode, was charged with three counts allegations of money laundering, one allegation of conspiracy to commit fraud, one allegation of fraud and one allegation of possession of cocaine;

• Peter Heather, aged 78, of Hazlitt Road, Hammersmith and Fulham, London, was charged with five allegations of fraud;

• Malcolm McGregor, aged 37, of Moor Park Crescent, Crawley, West Sussex, was charged with three allegations of money laundering

• Kenneth Korsah, aged 42, of Goldhawk Road, Hammersmith and Fulham, London, charged with one allegation of conspiracy to commit fraud and one allegation of fraud;

• Zakiyyah McCurbin-Myers, aged 20, of Garton Place, Wandsworth, London, was charged with one allegation of fraud;

• Imarn Bhatti, aged 32, of Rushmans Road, Horsham, West Sussex, was charged with one allegation of money laundering.

All seven men are due to appear at Crawley Magistrates’ Court on 12 February.