A 49-YEAR-OLD man was arrested on suspicion of possessing a class A drug after emergency services were called to a house in Thorpe Bay.

Police were called just after 10am today by the fire service following reports that they had attended a property in Willingale Way and a man in his 40s was unwell and was alone in the property.

Ambulance crews attended and the man was found to be conscious.

The 49-year-old man is in custody.