A suspected dealer has been charged following his arrest in Maidstone and the seizure of...

Published: 1:25 pm May 4, 2020
Updated: 5:30 am October 8, 2025
A suspected dealer has been charged following his arrest in Maidstone and the seizure of Class A drugs – UKNIP

A suspected dealer has been charged following his arrest in Maidstone and the seizure of Class A drugs

A suspected dealer has been charged following his arrest in Maidstone and the seizure of Class A drugs.

 

On 4 February 2020, officers in plain clothes saw a man they suspected to be involved in the supply of drugs next to the River Medway near St Peter’s Street.

 

He was approached in a nearby car park and detained.

 

Officers also seized 17 wraps of heroin and 23 wraps of cocaine from inside a parked Mercedes.

 

On Saturday 2 May, Leandro Silva of Kennet Walk, Reading was charged with being concerned in the supply of heroin and being concerned in the supply of cocaine.

 

The 19-year-old was remanded in custody to appear before Medway Magistrates’ Court on Monday 4 May 2020.

 

 

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