THREE men will appear in court in Ipswich today charged in connection with a series of burglaries across Suffolk and Essex.

The trio were charged last night with conspiracy to commit burglary after the incidents between October 2009 and last month.

The incidentsin Suffolk occured in Barham, Brantham, Capel St Mary, Claydon, Debenham, Framlingham, Rickinghall and Woodbridge.

The three - Peter Fabri, 31, of Bramdean Crescent in south-east London, Andrew Last, 33, of Waverley Road, south-east London, and Martin Whalley, 46, of Pegasus Way in Braintree, Essex - were arrested in Essex on Tuesday following a break in at the Co-Op store at Old Barrack Road in Woodbridge in which a large quantity of cigarettes were stolen.

All three were held in custody overnight before their appearance at Ipswich Magistrates Court this morning.