Kent Police have triggered sweeping new emergency powers in Dover today, slapping a 24-hour ban on face coverings across the town to thwart potential violence during planned demonstrations. Under Section…
Four leading members of a major drug network responsible for flooding east Kent with heroin and crack cocaine have been jailed for a combined total of more than 16 years.…
A suspect has appeared in court charged in connection with multiple serious assaults in Gillingham that left two people in hospital with knife wounds. The charges follow an incident late…
Over the last financial year nearly £5million in cash and assets linked to crime has been recovered by Kent Police’s financial investigators. Specialist officers were able to identify and take…
A member of a Medway county lines drug operation has been jailed for more than five years. Ethan Reader first came to officers’ attention in October 2025 when a car…
A suspect has been promptly charged by officers in Dover as the clampdown on vehicle crime across the district continues. Between Wednesday 15 and Sunday 19 July, local police received…
Stephen Roche visited a Rainham Pub near London Road on 18 April 2025 and approached a child who he did not know. Kent Police say Roche spoke to victim for…
Charges have been authorised against two men following a serious assault near Walderslade. At around 9.45pm on Monday 20 July 2026 Kent Police was called to a report of an…
A CCTV image has been released after a reported burglary in Gillingham. Kent Police was called to the incident near the town’s High Street at around 9.15pm on Wednesday 24…
Kent Police have arrested two people following incidents of antisocial behaviour at a community event near the bandstand in Victoria Gardens, Broadstairs. Officers were called to the coastal town on…
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