A proactive police operation targeting suspicious activity in Margate has resulted in a haul of illegal substances being seized and two individuals charged with 15 drug and money laundering offences.
Officers descended on a residential address in the Star Lane area on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, following community reports of concerning behaviour at the property.
Police detained a man acting suspiciously nearby before seizing quantities of cocaine, cash, and two mobile phones. Further searches of the address led to the arrest of a woman and the recovery of additional white powder, drug paraphernalia, multiple SIM cards, and several canisters of nitrous oxide.
Following extensive inquiries, a 24-year-old man from Ramsgate and a 22-year-old woman from Margate were charged with a series of offences including supplying and possessing cocaine, ketamine, cannabis, and nitrous oxide, as well as possessing criminal property.
Both suspects appeared before Margate Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 1 October 2026, and have been remanded to next appear at Canterbury Crown Court on 2 November.