Jail for Thanet fraudster who lied about having cancer
Donations totalling more than £50,000 were made to a Thanet woman who lied about having cancer. Nicole Elkabbas, 42, from Broadstairs, claimed to need money for hospital treatment but instead…
Police fine men holding birthday party in Rochester multi-storey car park
Seven co-workers who held a birthday party in a multi-storey carpark have been fined. Police were called to the carpark in Corey’s Road, Rochester at around 1.30am on Tuesday, 9…
Icy road in Ramsgate thwarts suspected metal thieves
A van found stuck in the ice in Thanet has led to the arrests of suspected thieves Three suspected thieves have been arrested after officers found copper and lead in…
Margate man charged after serious assault
Library image A 26-year-old man is to appear in court charged with carrying out a serious assault in Birchington. Kent Police was called to a report of a disturbance in…
BMW with £20,000 in engine compartment seized at Channel Tunnel
A green BMW M5 was seized by Kent Police officers along with around £20,000 found hidden inside the engine compartment. The high performance vehicle was stopped at the outbound controls…
Motorists gathered in Rochester car park fined £1,400 over breaching Covid regs
Seven people have been handed £200 fines after they were found breaching Coronavirus regulations in Rochester. Kent Police was called at 12.25am on 9 February 2021 to a report of…
Major cocaine supply chain dismantled after Maidstone lock-up discovery
Two men have been jailed for a total of ten years after drugs with a street value of more than half a million pounds were seized during police raids in…
Kent Community Warden helping to cut doorstep crime
Mandy Quy-Verlander is a KCC Community Warden who works with victims of doorstep crime. In her latest newsletter she talks of some frightening research from the Home Office on the…
Sittingbourne men arrested over cannabis cultivation found in Faversham
A cannabis cultivation has been uncovered by officers at an industrial unit in Faversham. Kent Police was called on Friday 5 February 2021 to a report of suspicious activity at…
Classic car stolen in Herne Bay
Witnesses are sought after a classic car was stolen from Herne Bay. A black and grey Austin Vanden Plas Princess car was taken from a property in Thornden Wood Road…