More than 170 drink and drug driving offences were committed by motorists during the first half of the annual Christmas enforcement campaign reports Kent Police. Officers across the force have…
Three individuals have been charged and have appeared in court following a police warrant executed in Cuxton last week, which resulted in the discovery of a substantial quantity of controlled…
Two individuals are facing charges after a significant quantity of suspected crystal methamphetamine was discovered during a police operation in Dartford. Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at a…
A convicted drug dealer from Maidstone has been ordered to repay £87,943 of his illegal profits under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA). James Steel, 41, of Sutton Valence, was…
Kent Police was granted a full closure order for a house in Wycliffe Row by Maidstone Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 4 December 2025. It was granted despite occupant’s appeals for…
A teenage motorist who stole a vehicle and then crashed it into an ambulance responding to an emergency, injuring two paramedics, has been jailed at Woolwich Crown Court. Kent Police…
A suspected thief has been arrested after the van he was found with in Folkestone was reported to have been in the Swindon area at around the same time it…
Library Image – Canterbury Crown Court A heroin smuggler who tried to convince a jury that he was framed by an accomplice wearing his jumper has been jailed for nine…
A serial shoplifter has been jailed for nine and a half months after breaching an order imposed with a previous conviction. Ryan Heathcote, 38, had been handed a Criminal Behaviour…
Two men aged 23 and 29 from Birchington and Westgate-on Sea have been charged in connection with a disturbance at a pub in Birchington. Kent Police was called to the…
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