This afternoon, a sizable fire has started in Gravesend (June 26). A serious incident in Jubilee Crescent has prompted nine fire engines to respond...
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An HGV driver remains in serious conditon after a crash on the M2 motorway that has seen a closure of both carriageways The M2 is closed between J3 (Maidstone/A229) and J4 (Gillingham/A278) due to an HGV narrowly avoiding a crossover. ...
On Friday 19 February 2021, at around 8.30pm, the vehicle was safely stopped in Olantigh Road after it had been pursued by patrols from the #Canterbury area. An officer from our Dogs Unit arrested the driver, aged 27, on suspicion of theft of a...
Officers have been made aware of a teenage boy who appeared to be running from a man who pursued him on a bicycle in New Road at around 8.10pm on Thursday 17 February 2021. It is believed the man had attempted to rob him. He ran into a...
Piotr Lacheta was found dead in the town’s Cowgate Cemetery on the morning of Tuesday 1 October 2019. He was 55 at the time of his death. Justin Burnett, 38, and Claire Lunn, 48, were arrested nearby and were later charged with murder. ...
The Government has confirmed that hairdressers will not be allowed to re-open until at least 12th April, meaning many will have to wait another 7 weeks before getting a much-needed chop. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today (Monday) laid out his...
Daryl Parkin, of Durham Close, Maidstone, was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on 22 February 2021 to one year and 10 months’ in jail. He had previously admitted grievous bodily harm with intent, actual bodily harm and assault. On 16 May...
The suspects were each stopped on suspicion of traffic offences while the Medway Community Safety Unit, with support provided by the Roads Policing Unit, carried out safety checks on Monday 15 February 2021. The first person to be arrested was...
These Kent bases engineers were out on the A249 in Maidstone on Monday morning drumming up support from passing motorists heading towards the M20. The latest four-day strike by 7,000 service engineers will end on Monday night, bringing the number...
Two fire engines are in attendance. People living and working nearby are currently advised to keep windows and doors closed due to a large amount of smoke coming from the incident. Please share this advice with any friends, family or neighbours in...
The incident happened at around 8pm on Wednesday, 17 February 2021 in an alleyway leading from Porchester Close. It is alleged two men assaulted a woman in her 30s as she walked into the alleyway, and stole a quantity of cash. ...
A 13-year-old girl reported missing from the Swanscombe area since Tuesday, 16 February 2021 has been found safe and well.
Officers would like to thank all those who assisted with their enquiries and shared the appeal.
The Vnuk law requires a wider range of vehicles than those such as cars and motorbikes to be insured, including ones previously not requiring insurance, such as golf buggies, mobility scooters and quad bikes. The law also extends to vehicles on...
Patrols were in the Otford area during the evening of Friday 19 February 2021 when they stopped a suspicious vehicle in the High Street. Tools and cutting equipment were recovered and a 19-year-old man from East Peckham and two boys, aged 14 and...
At 10.09am on 17 February 2021 we received a report that two men had attempted to steal a man’s car while he was sat inside it on East Hill. The victim had just left a local shop and soon after, two men who had also been inside the shop, got into...
One fire engine was sent to the scene and crews wearing breathing apparatus used chimney gear to extinguish the fire. No casualties were reported, and the cause is believed to be accidental. If you have a woodburner at home, you can reduce the risk...
More flytipping along Iwade Road, this time the scumbags have scattered it over a stretch over about half a mile of hazardous asbestos tiles. Fly-tippers who left a load of asbestos roof tiles will be pursued for their ‘dangerous and anti-social...
Paige Ripley, who is 13, was last seen at 6am on Tuesday, 16 February 2021 and officers are concerned for her welfare. Paige is white, 5ft 2ins tall, of slim build with long brown hair. When she was last seen she was wearing a grey tracksuit and...
Between 7pm and 8.10pm on Friday 19 February 2021, a man in his thirties reported he was walking down an alleyway under a railway bridge in Tivoli Park when he met with a group of men who assaulted him. The victim sustained injuries to his hands and...
Three fire engines were sent to the scene and the building was well alight on arrival. Crews wearing breathing apparatus used hose reel jets to extinguish the blaze. No casualties were reported and the cause has not yet been established.
On Tuesday 16 February 2021, search warrants were executed at two addresses in London and Tunbridge Wells At the London address, officers seized a mobile phone, two wraps of cocaine and a quantity of cash. At the premises in Kent they...
Liam Elward, 33, admitted wounding with intent after he attacked a man with two knives at a house in the town’s High Street on Monday 29 June 2020. At Canterbury Crown Court on Thursday 11 February 2021, he was given an eight-year jail...
The two-day operation, which was led by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, saw eight pre-planned warrants carried out in areas including Woolwich, Canterbury and Maidstone across Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 February 2021. Kent...
Information is sought to help find a girl who has been reported missing from Barham near Canterbury. Olivia Sands was last seen in the village at around 10amon Wednesday 17 February 2021 and officers are concerned for her welfare. Can you help? The...
Officers are appealing for information to locate a teenager who is missing from Swanscombe. Paige Ripley, who is 13, was last seen at 6am on Tuesday, 16 February 2021 and officers are concerned for her welfare. Paige is white, 5ft 2ins tall, of...
At around 2.50pm on 5 February 2021 a woman is said to have been robbed in Milton Road, near the junction with Wellington Street, by a man who is not known to her. He is said to have forcibly taken cash out of her hand before walking away in...
A member of staff at a shop in Park Farm Road spoke to a man following a reported theft shortly before 6pm on Friday 29 January 2021. The man is reported to have headbutted the member of staff before leaving the store. Enquiries into the...
On Wednesday 10 February 2021, a Sevenoaks resident received a call from a fraudster pretending to be from their bank. The victim declined to speak to the person and ended the conversation. They later had a number of aggressive messages left on...
At around 7.30pm on Friday 12 February 2021, officers on patrol stopped a car which was being driven in Rheims Way. Suspecting the two occupants were involved in the supply of drugs, the officers searched the vehicle and recovered three mobile...
At 11.28am on Tuesday 16 February 2021, Kent Police was called to the collision involving a blue Vauxhall Corsa and a white Kia Picanto on the M2 between Junctions 3 and 4. A 79-year-old man was confirmed deceased at the scene. A woman...
Within the South East, Sussex and Hampshire police force areas will each receive up to £880,000 in funding, while Kent and Thames Valley police force areas will each receive up to £1.16 million in funding. Violence Reduction Units bring...
Those responsible are not actually calling from a police station but change their caller ID to make it appear like they are – a process known as ‘spoofing’. Over the past three weeks Kent Police has received at least six reports of this nature...
A woman has suffered burns to her hands, arms and feet following a fire involving a mobile home, caravan and an outbuilding in Hoath near Canterbury. The burns aren’t thought to be life-threatening. She was placed in the care of paramedics and...
On Saturday 13 February 2021, a search warrant issued under the Misuse of Drugs Act was executed at an address in Medway Drive. Officers seized a quantity of cocaine, some herbal cannabis and electronic scales. They also recovered a quantity...
Two suspected drug dealers have been arrested after a shopping bag filled with cannabis was seized by officers in Ashford. At around 3.30pm on Monday 15 February 2021, officers from Ashford’s Community Policing Team were...
At 3.45pm on Monday 15 February 2021, a white Vauxhall Astra van was travelling along the A2 London Road from Faversham towards the Brenley Corner roundabout when it was involved in a collision with a pedestrian. The pedestrian sustained serious...
The M2 motorway in Kent is closed after a car hit the central reservation, leaving some motorists stuck in long queues for three hours. The closure comes after a vehicle has hit the central barrier. Specialist collision investigators have been...
Officers from Kent Police investigating the death of a woman in the village of Lyminge have arrested a man. An investigation was launched by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate after officers were called at 11.38am on Sunday 14...
Sales totalling hundreds of thousands of pounds were organised by the gang, which set up 24-hour phone lines to receive orders and courier drugs to local users. Customers ordered cocaine using the dedicated phone numbers and provided their...
The male driver was left trapped by his injuries. Firefighters used hydraulic cutting equipment to remove the roof to gain access to the man. Together with paramedics the crews carefully removed the driver and safely transferred him into the care...
Police have released the image of a man that may have important information about a racially motivated incident that happened at a supermarket in East Street, Sittingbourne at 6.07pm on 18 January 2021. It is reported two men were in the store when...
Kent Police was called at about 9.15pm on 4 February 2021 to Mercury Close after the occupants of a property reported a robbery. Items including money and computer consoles were reported to have been stolen. Officers attended but the suspects had...
The weapons were discovered along with a cannabis cultivation, when police executed a search warrant at a property in Holmewood Road. Officers from the Tunbridge Wells Community Policing Team entered the address at 6.30am on Tuesday 9 February...
On Wednesday 10 February 2021, a search warrant issued under the Misuse of Drugs Act was executed at an address in St Peters Road. Officers seized a mobile phone and arrested a man on suspicion of drug supply offences. A rucksack containing...
Kent Police attended the city centre on Tuesday 9 February following a report that a man had been assaulted on two occasions, in St George’s Street and in a bakery. No injuries were reported. Ben Tilling, 42 of Tivoli Road, Hounslow, was...
Two fire engines were sent to the scene on on Packham Road where the fire was put out using a hose reel jet. No casualties were reported. It is believed that the fire was caused when a toaster was placed too close to curtains, causing them to catch...
Ashley Clayton, 23, of Galleons Drive, Barking, was jailed at Maidstone Crown Court on 9 February 2021 after he admitted one count each of possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin. He was sentenced to two years and eight months...
Three feral youths have been detained by officers from Kent police following what is understood to have been a fight. Police were called after shocked witnesses said a knife was involved and a group were fighting in the street near to McDonald’s and...
The incident happened at around 11.40am on Friday 5 February 2021, after a blue Ford Kuga with one occupant failed to stop for a patrol in Stonehouse Lane. The Kuga is alleged to have travelled at speed into Church Road and Shoreham Lane...
