Chief Inspector Nick Sparkes was off-duty in the town centre on the morning of Saturday 21 May 2022 when he spotted a man suspected of having carried...
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Shortly before 8pm on Monday 2 May 2022, a woman was walking along a footpath off Church Hill, Kingsnorth when she was approached by a man. It was reported...
Detectives are treating the two incidents, which both took place between 7pm and 7.30pm on Thursday 5 May 2022, as linked. It was reported that a man in...
On the afternoon of Friday 22 April 2022, an Ashford resident reported they were concerned for their neighbour, who is in her 70s and had not been seen for...
Witnesses are being urged to come forward after a man was assaulted in Ashford on Sunday 1 May 2022. The incident is reported to have happened shortly...
The victim was enjoying a night out with friends when he is alleged to have been assaulted by two men unknown to him near Spital Street at around 4.30am on...
. At around 4.30pm on Wednesday 13 April 2022, Kent Police was called to a store in Warren Retail Park, Ashford following a report a suspected shoplifter...
The flames then spread to the cladding of a garage and neighbouring fences. Two fire engines were sent to the house in Chart Road and crews used hose reel...
Kesshai Clarke would transport crack cocaine and heroin from the capital for the ‘Tony’ line and Mohammed Mansary would get local drug users to...
Officers investigating a serious assault in Canterbury have charged two men with possession of a bladed article. Shortly before 10pm on Saturday 9 April...
An investigation by Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team led to Darryl Addae being identified as the man behind the ‘Alex’ line. He was...
It was reported that at around 4pm on Thursday 31 March 2022, a man was seen acting indecently while the bus had stopped at Chestnut Lane in Kingsnorth. ...
Operation Brock is part of a series of measures to improve Kent’s resilience in the event of disruption to services across the English Channel. This is...
Kent Police and National Highways are on scene to assist with traffic management. Diversion details Non EU freight traffic is advised to follow the hollow...
At around 4.30pm on Thursday 10 March 2022, a dog is reported to have been seen chasing a sheep on agricultural land in Kenardington. At one stage, a...
Between Friday 18 March and Sunday 20 March 2022, a total of 12 people were stopped and arrested in connection with driving offences by Kent Police in Ashford...
Kent Police was contacted on Wednesday 16 March 2022 and it was reported that a teenage girl had been sexually assaulted in an alleyway off the town’s...
Kirsty Sleeman, aged 48, of Eugene Cottages, Ashford, was sentenced on 26 January 2022 at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court. She pleaded guilty to driving when...
On Friday 25 February 2022, at around 10pm, patrols in the town centre received a report that a man had been drinking and was intending to drive home. The...
It follows three reports made to Kent Police regarding sheds being broken into in Charing Heath during the evening of Sunday 13 February 2022 where items...
fire engines and a height vehicle were sent to the incident on The Street, and crews tackled the blaze with hose reel jets and a fog spike. No casualties were...
Three fire engines were sent to the scene and crews arrived to a fire on the ground floor of the property. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used hose...
Robert Davanzo, 28, of Molehill Green, Dunmow (Essex) and a 16-year-old boy from Braintree, were charged with conspiracy to burgle following an...
Plainclothes officers carried out patrols in the Willesborough area of the town on Tuesday 22 February 2022, following reports of possible drug dealing. A...
An uninsured driver had his van seized and was arrested for numerous traffic offences after drawing the attention of Rural Task Force officers near Ashford...
Peter Baars, 53, was arrested after Kent Police carried out a drugs warrant at his home in Sotherton, Willesborough on the morning of 19 March 2021. At...
A warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act was carried out at an outbuilding in Appledore during the morning of Friday 28 January 2022. Officers found around...
Six-year-old Sansa was left seriously injured by an unknown vehicle after straying onto the London-bound carriageway near Junction 9 for #Ashford, shortly...
Steven Noble is 54 years old and was last seen during the early hours of Thursday 20 January 2022. There are growing concerns for Steven’s welfare, who...
David Saunders told members of the public who went to his aid that he was an ‘undercover officer’, before producing a set of handcuffs and a knife...