Three people have been arrested following an investigation into the alleged supply of small boats to cross-Channel people smugglers. On the evening of 8 April, a 33-year-old woman from the…
A Turkish lorry driver has been arrested on suspicion of people smuggling offences on a motorway slip road, as part of a National Crime Agency investigation. The 36-year-old was detained…
Setting up his own business in Ashford is a dream come true for former Syrian refugee and father-of-three, Ibrahim Awad who opened a grocers and Halal butchers When Ibrahim, his…
Five arrests were made after vehicles containing a total of around £54,000 were stopped at the Channel Tunnel. The two cars were searched by Border Force officials at the outbound…
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 3 February 2021. Last week a fire was started deliberately at Napier Barracks in…
Napier Barracks in Folkestone Photo: Google Streetscene Investigators have arrested a further nine suspects following a disturbance at Napier Barracks in Folkestone. The men were detained on Saturday 30 and…
Kent Fire and Rescue Service has been called to assist Kent Police at the Napier Barracks in Folkestone, following reports of a fire. Eight fire engines have been sent to…
Natalie Elphicke MP The member of Parliament for Dover & Deal is urging Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to meet with the French President Emmanuel Macron, to agree to joint beach…
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 14 December 2022 Today we received the tragic news of deaths in the Channel…
Nine migrants were discovered in the rear of his HGV, which was booked onto a ferry to France A Romanian lorry driver has been charged with attempting to smuggle migrants…
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