Kent Police was called to the Wincheap Industrial Estate at around 8.40pm on Wednesday 19 April 2023, where two men were reportedly seen taking metal and loading it into a van at the back of an industrial unit. The pair were confronted and one man was said to have run from the scene.
Officers attended straight away and arrested a 38-year-old man from Herne Bay in connection with the incident.
Police Dog Coty picked up a scent and led his handler to a track around the back of the premises. He sniffed out a discarded high-visibility top, which was believed to have been worn by one of the men and has been seized. Meanwhile, a search of the area continued and a second man, aged 35 from Sandwich, was located inside a nearby pub by patrols.
Both men remain in police custody whilst enquiries continue.
