A SUSPECTED drug dealer has been arrested in a supermarket car park in Charlton.

Police stopped a 24-year-old man at the Tesco Express store, in Charlton Road, at around 3pm today (Tuesday).

According to witnesses three police vehicles surrounded a car in the car park before arresting the offender.

A spokesman for Hampshire Constabulary confirmed that the man had been arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a class B drug and he is currently in custody.