Lorry driver’s mattress used to smuggle drugs worth £2m through Dover
A lorry driver who attempted to smuggle ketamine and mephedrone worth £2 million into the UK by hiding it in his mattress has been jailed. The National Crime Agency investigated…
Folkestone and Tunbridge Wells drugs network probe leads to £2m of cocaine seized
Cocaine with an estimated street value of up to £2 million has been seized by officers investigating a drugs supply network with links to Tunbridge Wells and Folkestone. A man…
Irish lorry driver charged over £5.7m worth of drugs hidden in chocolates destined for Maidstone
Seized drugs Credit: NCA The National Crime Agency reports a lorry driver has been charged following the seizure of cocaine and heroin worth £5.7 million. A 64-year-old Irish national, now…
Woman jailed after cocaine found hidden in deodorant bottle seized in Tunbridge Wells
A Tunbridge Wells drug dealer is starting a prison sentence after officers found cocaine hidden inside a deodorant bottle. On Thursday 10 June 2021, officers from the town’s Community Policing…
Long jail sentence for dealer who orchestrated Tunbridge Wells cocaine supply
A drug dealer instrumental in orchestrating a cocaine supply network into Tunbridge Wells has been jailed for almost five years. Kent Police report that Sergjo Rica was part of an…
Kent Police crackdown sees seven men arrested after searches in Maidstone
Seven men have been arrested during the latest crackdown on organised crime and the supply of drugs in Maidstone. The suspects were detained during a series of simultaneous search warrants…
Suspect from London charged following Herne Bay and Whitstable county line investigation
A suspected drug dealer has been charged following an investigation by Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team. Officers investigating county line activity in Herne Bay and Whitstable seized suspected…
Canterbury county line dealer found with over £2,000 begins jail sentence
Kent Police report a county line dealer has been jailed for four and a half years for supplying class A drugs in Canterbury. An investigation by Kent Police’s County Lines…
23 calls to Police from public being abused and threatened leads to closure of home in Faversham
Notices attached to the home in Brook Road Repeated calls to nuisance and abusive behaviour at a home in Faversham have led to a Closure Order being secured. Between late…