Officers investigating an incident in which a man threatened a member of rail staff with violence at Greenhithe station have released an image of...
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Despite the deaths of 27 people being killed at sea just over a week ago foolish migrants have taken to the water using the cover of darkness in France, we can reveal. The two dinghies are understood to have entered the water at Gravelines in the...
Ion Cazac, 40, from Romania, was investigated by the National Crime Agency after his vehicle was stopped at Dover Eastern Docks on 22 October. Border Force officials stopped Cazac as it appeared the fuel tank on his vehicle had recently been removed...
Despite the deaths of 27 people being killed at sea just over a week ago foolish migrants have taken to the water using the cover of darkness in France, we can reveal. The two dinghies are understood to have entered the water at Gravelines in the...
On Wednesday 24th November, They received over 90 alerts from the English Channel area including 999 emergency calls. Every call was answered, assessed and acted upon. In the early hours of that morning, in response to the calls and alerts we...
On Wednesday 24th November, They received over 90 alerts from the English Channel area including 999 emergency calls. Every call was answered, assessed and acted upon. In the early hours of that morning, in response to the calls and alerts we...
In the early hours of Sunday 28 November, 2021 officers were called to reports of a fight at a party near Blandford between two men. No complaints were made to officers at the scene, so they took one of the men involved in the incident back to his...
Firefighters were called to the scene of a crash involving a car on the Maidstone-bound A249 near the Bobbing junction where a man was trapped in his vehicle. Working closely with South East Coast Ambulance Service paramedics and Kent Police...
Arthur’s father, 29-year-old Thomas Hughes, must serve at least 21 years for the manslaughter of his son, after he suffered an “unsurvivable brain injury” on June 16, 2020. Judge Wall concluded Hughes deliberately “researched...
Martin McCarthy is wanted in connection with impersonating a Police Officer in Ashford High Street. If you know where he is, call 101 quoting reference 46/248236/21. You can also call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111...
Officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command have today, Friday, 3 December, arrested a 26-year-old UK national at Stansted Airport on suspicion of preparation of acts of terrorism, contrary to Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006. He was...
George Paton was one of three men who stole cars and vans during night-time burglaries before boasting of their exploits on social media. The 21-year-old, from Bromley, admitted conspiracy to burgle and conspiracy to steal and was sentenced at...
James Quilter-Adams was last seen in the town at around 11.15pm on Tuesday 30 November 2021. The 13-year-old is described as being white, around five feet and four inches tall and of slim build with short curly blond hair. When he was last seen...
The first incident took place in an alleyway alongside the Heathfield Estate near to Canterbury Road at around 7.40am. A woman in her mid to late 40s was approached by a man who tried to grab her handbag but she resisted, held onto it firmly, and he...
A Kent man jailed for money laundering has been ordered to repay the cash found hidden in supermarket and sports bags at his Dartford home. Karl Lockey, 33, of Sinclair Way, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in October 2020 for money...
Officers are investigating a report of a house being broken into between 7.50am and 8.05am on 18 November 2021 in Nixon Avenue. During the incident a burglar was reported to have gained entry to the house by a front door, before stealing a safe...
KFRS’ technical rescue unit has introduced a telehandler to its fleet, which has the ability to lift up to 3,800kg. The new addition will provide extra resources at a variety of incidents, such as road crashes, transporting heavy machinery...
Kent Police was called to an underpass in St George’s Street at around 3am on Wednesday 1 December 2021 after CCTV operatives spotted a small group of individuals in the area causing damage. Officers responded and arrested two men in their...
Kent Police was called to the Orchard Heights estate area of the town after residents reported suspicious activity taking place near a number of vehicles shortly before 2am on Thursday 2 December 2021. While carrying out enquiries, patrols...
Over £30,000 in cash was seized by officers after they stopped a driver for using his mobile phone at the wheel. At around midday on Saturday 27 November 2021 a patrol in an unmarked police car spotted a van being driven erratically on the A2 in...
Police are increasingly concerned for the welfare of Leah Ware. Leah, 33, who has been living in the Hastings area, has not been in contact with family and friends for some time. She is described as 5’ 6”, slim, with long black hair and blue eyes...
Bastion Point in Whitfield provides 75,751 sq. ft. of secure inspection facilities along with 8,625 sq. ft. of office space. The government is investing to remodel the former warehouse with new inspection rooms, and chilled and frozen storage to...
Kent Police applied for the closure order at Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court following concerns raised by residents about the home in Kibbles Lane, Southborough. Officers were called to the address on a number of occasions about nuisance behaviour...
Mohammed Khan is from Afghanistan and arrived in the UK less than a month ago. His first language is Pashto and his English is very limited. He was last seen in Deptford, south London at around 4pm on Tuesday, 30 November when he left the address...
Between 3pm and 4pm on Monday 29 November 2021, a property in the Digby Road area of the town was broken into. Items including a black Garrett Viper metal detector with headphones, a black and white Minelab Vanquish 540 Pro-Pack detector and...
At around 3pm on Wednesday, 1 December, a man was detained and arrested at Carriage Gates inside the Palace of #Westminster on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site. The arrest is not terror-related.
A van driver who attempted to smuggle cocaine worth £2.4 million into the UK hidden inside his fuel tank has been jailed. Ernestas Rekstys, 34, from Lithuania, was investigated by the National Crime Agency after he was stopped at the port in Dover...
Throughout December officers from the Roads Policing Unit will be targeting motorists who they suspect are impaired. In a bid to drive down fatal and serious road traffic collisions, officers will also be requesting roadside breath tests from...
A man in his 90s living in the Cliftonville area contacted Kent Police on Wednesday 24 November 2021 after two people attended his home claiming a parcel had been delivered there by mistake. Officers attended and further enquiries have...
A 37-year-old man has been charged as part of an investigation into a collision in Ashford. Kent Police was called to Beaver Road in the town at 2.55pm on Saturday 20 November 2021 where it was reported a silver Vauxhall Astra had collided with a...
The advice is being issued following a number of thefts and attempted thefts of pushbikes in the area. In one instance, at 3pm on Tuesday 29 November 2021 on the university campus in North Holmes Road, it is reported a man and a woman attempted...
Armed Police were called to White Horse Lane in Otham in Kent on Tuesday following reports of a group fighting with knives an axe and sticks of wood. We can reveal. Armed officers attended and supported a dog handler and response officers who...
Alex Holland was last seen in the Delane Road area of the town at around 9pm on Sunday 28 November 2021 and officers are concerned for his welfare. The 27-year-old is described as 6 feet tall with blue eyes and is believed to be wearing grey jogging...
A quiet 999 call was quickly identified as something more serious thanks to a call handler in Kent Police’s Force Control Room (FCR). During the early hours of Thursday 2 September 2021, Megan Turtle was on duty when she received a call from someone...
Part of the loft space of a detached, three-storey pub is alight. Station Commander Chris Brown, who is at the scene, said: “Firefighters are tackling the fire internally and are being assisted by an aerial appliance. “Nine people left...
Police from the Canterbury Local Policing Team were called to a car park in Ivy Lane in the city, shortly before 5pm on Sunday 28 November 2021, where a laptop had been stolen. It was reported that the victim had arranged to sell the laptop, however...
At around 8pm on Saturday 27 November 2021, officers responded to a report of a possible stolen vehicle travelling on the A20 Swanley Bypass. The vehicle failed to stop for patrols who used a stinger device in order to stop the car. The vehicle then...
An alleged killer accused of murdering police community support officer Julia James will face trial next May, a court heard. Ms James, 53, was discovered with fatal head injuries near Akholt Wood, Snowdown, near Dover, Kent, on 27 April. Callum...
Working with partner agencies, several teams within Kent Police spent four days in October and November, targeting areas of suspected criminal activity throughout the daytime and evenings, resulting in four arrests. The operation was held following...
It was reported that damage had been caused to the glass entrance door of the Co-op in Summerfield Road, Cliftonville, shortly after 5am on Monday 29 November 2021. Officers would like to speak to anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious at the...
Maria Sophia Osorio, 44, who is Spanish, was last seen in the Kennington Road area at around 12.05am on Monday 29 November 2021 and we are concerned for her welfare. She is described as being around 5ft 3in and at the time of her disappearance was...
The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised a charge of murder against a man following the disappearance of missing Sissinghurst woman Alexandra Morgan. Mark Brown, 40, of Squirrel Close in St-Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex, was charged shortly...
The unnamed person wrote to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance to ask it to “explain” why they had been flying at 04:00 in the morning. Twitter users said they were “gobsmacked” at the complaint after the service...
NCA officers located Albanian Hazir Lala, 39, in Walthamstow, North London, on Friday night. The individual in question facing forwards He was arrested, taken into custody and handed over to colleagues from Immigration Compliance and Enforcement for...
. The man, who is 40 and from St Leonards-on-Sea, was arrested on Thursday 25 November. Officers have been granted extra time to question him whilst a 53 year old man from Hastings, who was arrested in connection with the investigation on Friday...
The shortlisted bidders will be invited to tender for the UK Second-Generation Search and Rescue Aviation programme – known as UKSAR2G – to provide HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopters, planes and remotely piloted drones. The...
A prompt response by police led to an arrest being made in connection with a burglary in Dartford. Officers were called to a property in Ridgeway shortly before 9pm on Friday 26 November 2021. Following a search, a male was...
All international arrivals entering England must take a day 2 PCR test and self-isolate until they receive a negative result. All contacts of suspected Omicron cases must self-isolate for 10 days, regardless of their vaccination status. They will...
At 12.42am on Saturday 27 November 2021, Kent Police was called to a collision between a Ford Transit van and a pedestrian in Luton Road, near the junction with Short Street. The van was travelling from Luton, towards Chatham Hill, and the...
