Police launch Christmas crack down on drink and drug driving
As the festive party season gets under way, officers from Kent Police are once again reminding people not to drink or drug drive. Throughout December officers from the Roads Policing…
Dramatic footage of drug dealer ramming police cars in desperate escape bid
A drug dealer from Tunbridge Wells who drove a car at police officers to evade capture has been jailed. Kai Austen used a Range Rover to ram a police vehicle…
Suspected Canterbury drug dealer in court
A man has appeared in court following an investigation by Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team. On Thursday 24 November 2022, a vehicle suspected to be linked to potential…
Convicted drug supplier forced to give up cash and watches worth £30,000
A drug supplier who manufactured blocks of cocaine for an organised crime group has been forced to give up more than £30,000 in illegally-earned assets. Ged Shone-Porter was jailed for…
Licencing officers’ visit to pub spots man hiding suspected drugs in his underwear
A visit by Kent Police licencing officers at a pub in Northfleet has resulted in a customer being charged with drug offences. Officers visited the pub in London Road, Northfleet,…
£1m drugs smuggler jailed for 11 years after Border Force stop at Dover
A lorry driver previously convicted in France for trying to smuggle migrants into the UK has been sentenced following a cocaine seizure earlier this year. Serhii Tukalo, 39, from Ukraine,…
Man charged over Gravesend assault
A 21-year-old man from Stone, near Gravesend has been charged with assault. He was charged with grievous bodily harm with intent after a man was alleged to have been injured…
Drugs search at Margate flat sees man and woman arrested
Two people have been arrested and suspected class A drugs seized following a warrant at a property in Margate. Kent Police officers visited a flat in Godwin Road on the…
Birmingham to Thanet county line dealer jailed
A county line dealer who brought class A drugs from Birmingham to Thanet has been jailed. Martin Kamesa admitted being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin following…
Folkestone county line dealer facing long jail term
A drug dealer has been jailed for selling crack cocaine and heroin for a county line in Folkestone. Investigators from Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team obtained information suggesting…