HGV driver in £650,000 drugs smuggling bid at Dover Docks jailed for 7 years
A lorry driver who attempted to hide 16 kilos of cocaine in the battery area of an HGV has been jailed for seven years. The National Crime Agency investigated Romans…
Second Thanet man jailed after drugs search warrant in Broadstairs
Giles Lintott was found hiding at the back of a Broadstairs home after Kent Police officers carried out a dawn search warrant in July 2021. Lintott was arrested at around…
Police dog ‘Chewy’ gets his man in Dartford drugs chase
Police Dog Chewy helped find a man hiding in Dartford shrubland as officers uncovered a stash of cocaine and cash. On Tuesday 7 December 2021 at around 3.20am the driver…
Driver of parked van found slumped over his steering wheel in Canterbury arrested
An off-duty police officer who spotted a driver slumped over his steering wheel in Canterbury led to an arrest being made. The officer saw the man at the wheel of…
Gillingham drug dealers who exploited 14-year-old child jailed for 5½ years
Heroin and crack cocaine dealers who exploited a 14-year-old boy in Gillingham have been jailed. Kieran Appiah and Muhammed Khan-Brown’s offending began to unravel after Kent Police officers seized class…
Driver jailed after trying to smuggle £2.5m of cocaine through Dover Port
A driver who removed his van’s fuel tank to pack it with 32 kilos of cocaine has been jailed for nine years and nine months. Ion Cazac, 40, from Romania,…
Paddock Wood drug dealer pleads guilty
A drug dealer from Paddock Wood has pleaded guilty at court to supplying Class A drugs. Marcus Brookfield was arrested following an investigation by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime…
Kent Police Christmas driving campaign could see drink or drug drivers facing 14 years’ in jail
Kent Police will once again be supporting the national drink and drug-driving campaign this festive period. Throughout December officers from the Roads Policing Unit will be targeting motorists who they…
Drugs seized after officers catch Canterbury counterfeit currency suspects
A call to a theft taking place in Canterbury has resulted in officers seizing a large quantity of suspected class A and B drugs. Police from the Canterbury Local Policing…
Kent and Essex drug smugglers jailed for 40 years
Three men have been jailed for a combined 40 years, after being found guilty of plotting a £4.5 million drug smuggling venture. National Crime Agency conducted a covert investigation into…