FOUR men who were arrested yesterday in connection with stealing £100,000 worth of cigarettes from Hampshire shops are due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court this morning.

Officers from Hart and Rushmoor CID executed four warrants yesterday in Slough, Berkshire and West Drayton, London, in connection with a series of thefts between January 2012 and May 2013.

Luke Oliver, 30, from Heather Lane, West Drayton, Jason Noakes, 32, from Elmshot Lane, Slough, Kirk Morgans, 30, from Oldway Lane, Slough and Michael Green, 22, from Sutton Avenue, Slough, have all been charged with conspiracy to burgle.