Suspected dealer of class A drugs charged after search of Ramsgate property
Detectives investigating drug supply in Thanet have arrested and charged a man. On Friday 29 July 2022, officers from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate carried out a search…
Witnesses sought following assault at pub in White Horse Lane Canterbury
On Wednesday 13 July between 11.10pm and 11.30pm it was reported that a man in his 30s, was sitting at a table at a pub on White Horse Lane, when…
Intercepted parcel of US ‘drugs’ sent to Whitstable man led to £45,000 and his arrest
A parcel intercepted by officials at a distribution centre led to a man from Whitstable being arrested for drug offences. The drugs, thought to be cannabis, were found in the…
Suspected drug driver crashes during high-speed pursuit near Tonbridge
A driver who failed to stop for police in Westerham was pursued to Tonbridge and detained after crashing on the A26 slip road. Patrols tried to stop the motorist at…
£18,000 worth of cocaine discovered in two Maidstone and Tenterden safes
More than 100 cocaine deals in a safe have been seized by officers investigating class A drug supply in Maidstone. At around 8pm on Wednesday 6 July 2022, constables from…
Drug related horror attack which left victim ‘beaten and bloodied’ in Gravesend lands attacker in jail
A drug-related assault of a man in Gravesend has resulted in one of his attackers being jailed for two-and-a-half years. The victim of the incident in Peacock Street on Wednesday…
Tip-off of drug dealing sees police pounce in Margate churchyard
Margate Police Station Police have made two arrests after they were alerted to potential drug dealing in a Margate churchyard. Officers from Thanet’s Community Policing Team attended the site in…
Jailed Medway drug dealer stung with bill for £58,000 over ill-gotten gains
A convicted drug dealer has been ordered to pay back more than £58,000 of unlawful earnings under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Paul Adams was arrested in October 2020 after…
Kent Police teamwork sees East Kent drug dealers jailed
Two drug dealers who brought heroin and cocaine into east Kent were among those jailed following work by Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team in June. Ben Wilders, formerly…