Chilling Warning of Ghost Guns in Kent’s Backyards
They don’t look like the movies. They don’t come from a dealer’s trunk. They are being printed in bedrooms and welded in garages, and they are killing people in Kent.…
55 Loaded Handguns Seized at Port of Dover – Man Appears in Court
A 58-year-old man faces smuggling charges after Border Force officers intercepted a vehicle containing 55 loaded pistols and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at the Port of Dover. The discovery…
Kent Gun Amnesty: Is Your Blank-Firer Still Legal?
Owners of a specific type of illegal firearm are being urged to hand them in to Kent Police during a month-long amnesty. Side and top-venting blank-firing (TVBF) weapons are legal…
Guns Stolen in Ramsgate Burglary
Library image: CCTV Officers investigating a reported burglary at a Ramsgate business are seeking private CCTV footage. The incident, which took place in Manston Business Park, Ramsgate, at around 9pm…
Gillingham Man Jailed After Loaded Shotgun Seized from Garage
Library image Maidstone Crown Court – A man is behind bars after police uncovered a loaded sawn-off shotgun hidden in a garage during an investigation into motorbike thefts. Adam Green,…
Suspect charged after gun incident in Maidstone town centre
A man has been arrested and charged following reports of a firearm being brandished in Maidstone town centre. Kent Police responded to a call at approximately 7pm on Monday, 16…
Boss jailed for terrifying gun assault on employee in Dartford
A former company boss has been jailed after he assaulted a member of staff with a pistol and shotgun. On the morning of Tuesday 23 May 2023 Jamie Oakes accused…
Six-year prison term after firearms and £½million drugs hoard seized in Kent
A six-year jail term has been handed down to a man found with two firearms and a huge stockpile of illegal drugs in rural Kent. Investigative work by detectives from…
Man arrested after standoff with armed police in Snodland
Library image A man who allegedly assaulted a woman at a Snodland property was arrested on Thursday evening after a six-hour standoff with armed police. Kent Police was called to…
Traumatised women chased by suspected gunman find refuge in Canterbury hotel
An offender who traumatised two women has been sentenced to four years in prison after using an imitation firearm to threaten his victims and carry out a robbery in Canterbury.…