Items seized in Maidstone Businesses suspected of selling illicit tobacco, vapes and counterfeit goods have been inspected in a joint operation by KCC Trading Standards and the Maidstone Town Centre…
Three men have been arrested after police intercepted a suspected fraud by rogue builders taking place in Broadstairs. Kent Police received a report on the morning of Tuesday 9 August…
East Kent residents are reminded to beware of criminals posing as police officers who ask for financial details over the phone following several recent incidents. Kent Police has received 19…
Investigators are reminding west Kent residents to take care after a conman posing as a police officer stole a pensioner’s cash. On Thursday 28 July 2022, the victim from the…
A Herne Bay fraudster, who stole from a business in Thanet to pay for extravagant goods, has been jailed at Canterbury Crown Court Benjamin Cullen abused his position as the…
Two women who burgled the house of an elderly victim have both been jailed. Kirsty Wallis and Angela Lawrence stole jewellery and a purse containing the woman’s bank card after…
Phone scam reports have fallen by 86 per cent in the South East over the last year, new regional data from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed. In the…
Three people from Kent have been arrested as part of an investigation into a fraud in which a man was conned out of thousands of pounds. Officers from the Eastern…
A man who carried out gardening work at a property in Gravesend has been charged with burglary. The man approached the homeowners on 17 June 2022, where along with another…
More than a dozen arrests have been made as part of a large-scale fraud investigation being led by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate. On Wednesday 15 and Thursday…
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