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Police patrols arrested a suspect related to a spate of burglary offences in Tonbridge just minutes after a glass door was smashed in the High Street.
At around 11.30pm on Wednesday 10 May 2023, Kent Police was called to a report of a man breaking into a business in the High Street before entering to cause further damage. The man reportedly damaged four other properties in the local vicinity, including shop windows and a church.
The 27-year-old man, of no fixed address, was later charged with burglary, four counts of attempted burglary, theft from a shop, and possession of amphetamine.
He appeared before Medway Magistrates’ Court on 12 May, but did not enter a plea and has since been remanded in custody,
He is due to re-appear before Maidstone Crown Court on Tuesday 6 June.