Channel Tunnel lorry driver jailed for nine years over £3.2m cocaine smuggling plot
A Serbian lorry driver has been jailed for nine years after attempting to smuggle 40 kilos of cocaine into the UK hidden amongst a load of bottle tops and paper…
Young Police Cadets clear used needles in sweep of Dover park
Young Police volunteers Police cadets in Dover took part in a sweep to rid the area of discarded drugs paraphernalia on Saturday, 18 September 2021. The young police volunteers concentrated…
Suspect charged over cannabis cultivation near Ramsgate
A suspect has appeared in court charged in connection with a cannabis cultivation near Ramsgate. During the afternoon of Monday 13 September 2021, officers from the Thanet Multi-agency Task Force…
Suspected county line drug dealer appears before Folkestone Magistrates’ Court following Herne Bay arrests
A suspected drug dealer has appeared in court following an investigation by Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team. Officers stopped a car in Herne Bay on Wednesday 8 September…
Suspicious goings on leads to discovery of more than 100 cannabis plants in Telegraph Hill near Ramsgate
More than 100 cannabis plants have been seized from a commercial unit near Ramsgate. During the afternoon of Monday 13 September 2021, officers from the Thanet Multi-agency Task Force (Thanet…
Canterbury Court jails Polish lorry driver for 14 and a half years after £4m worth of cocaine found in his bed
A lorry driver has been jailed for 14 and a half years after trying to smuggle 50kg of cocaine worth £4m by hiding it in his bed. Karol Niewiadomski (30),…
Five men charged after thousands of cannabis plants found in Leysdown
Detectives investigating drug supply in Swale have arrested and charged five people following the search of a disused nightclub. Officers arrived at the building in Leysdown Road, Sheppey, on Friday…
Huge haul of 3,000 cannabis plants discovered in disused Leysdown nightclub leads to charges
Detectives investigating drug supply in Swale have arrested and charged five people following the search of a disused nightclub. Officers arrived the building in Leysdown Road, Sheppey, on Friday 10…
A week’s work for Kent Police as 95 arrests for ‘drug driving’ made in just 7 days
Kent Police arrested 95 people during a national week of action against drug driving. Of those arrested between Monday 23 and Sunday 29 August 2021 16 were for excess drugs…
57-year-old Margate man arrested over cannabis cultivation
An arrest has been made after a cannabis cultivation was found at a Margate property. Following concerns of suspected drug use in Northdown Road, Cliftonville, reported to Kent Police, officers…