Five Suspects Charged Following East Kent Drug Warrants
Five individuals have been charged as part of an investigation into a suspected drugs network operating in east Kent. On the morning of Thursday, 12 September 2024, police executed drug warrants at eight locations across Dover, Deal, Ramsgate, Chartham, and Dymchurch. During the searches, police seized suspected class A drugs, cash, and weapons, including three […]
Drug Dealers Jailed After Attempting to Flee Through Window in Ashford
Two drug dealers from Ashford who attempted to escape through a window to avoid capture by Kent Police have been sentenced to jail following a comprehensive investigation. Dylan Skenderi, 19, of Barnett Field, and Reece Parker, 20, of Crownfield Road, were both handed custodial sentences after admitting to being involved in the supply of class […]
£60,000 Confiscated from Men Caught Exchanging Gun in Margate
Two men caught exchanging a gun in Margate have been ordered to surrender over £60,000 worth of criminal assets following a police investigation. Lee Walker, 37, and Alex Vassallo, 30, were seen acting suspiciously on Milton Avenue on the evening of Saturday, 18 June 2022, leading to their arrest. Officers stopped and searched the men, […]
Bromley Drug Dealer Jailed After Police Seize Phones, Cash, and Drugs
Malik Hutchinson, 21, from Highland Road, Bromley, has been sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of multiple drug-related offences. The sentencing took place at Canterbury Crown Court following an investigation that linked Hutchinson to a drug supply network operating in Ashford and Folkestone. Police identified telephone numbers used in May and June […]
Drug Dealer Jailed for Four Years Following East Kent Investigation
Malik Hutchinson, 21, has been sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to multiple drug offences in connection with a drugs supply line operating in East Kent. His conviction follows an extensive investigation by Kent Police, which successfully dismantled a significant supply network in the region. Hutchinson, of Highland Road in Bromley, Greater London, […]
Suspect Charged with Assaulting Police Officer in Canterbury Appears in Court
A man has appeared in court after being charged with attacking a police officer during an incident in Canterbury last week. The suspect, identified as 37-year-old Ashley Munchin, was arrested following an altercation in Wincheap on Thursday, 29 August 2024. Kent Police were called to the scene at approximately 9:05 pm after receiving reports that […]
Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Rape in Canterbury
A man has been convicted of rape, attempted rape, and voyeurism following a harrowing investigation that revealed he had assaulted a woman while she was asleep and filmed the incident. The perpetrator, Sands, who was known to the victim, committed the attack after the victim had explicitly told him she did not consent. The case […]
A suspect has appeared in court charged with carrying out a serious assault in Folkestone
The victim was found with facial injuries at around 10.30am on Saturday 10 August 2024 in Underhill Road. She was taken to a local hospital, from where she has since been discharged. A man, who is known to the victim, was arrested shortly after the incident and has since been held in custody. Kieron Deacy, […]
Violent Offender from Folkestone Jailed for Over Two and a Half Years
A violent offender from Folkestone has been sentenced to more than two and a half years in prison for assaulting a man and intimidating him after the incident was reported to police. Tyler Flisher, 21, of Pritchard Drive, Hawkinge, attacked his victim during a disturbance in the village on Sunday, 23 October 2022. Police were […]
A third suspect has been charged following a robbery in Margate
Police were called at 3.40am on Wednesday 24 July 2024 to a report that three men had entered a property on St Paul’s Road in Cliftonville and had made threats to two residents. It was alleged that the victims were asked to hand over money and one man was assaulted before the suspects left the […]
UK Sends Criminals and Migrants Back to Their Own Country
46 foreign criminals and immigration offenders have been returned to Vietnam and Timor-Leste on a groundbreaking charter flight. The operation is the UK’s first-ever charter return flight to Timor-Leste and the first to Vietnam since 2022. It comes after the Home Secretary announced this week that she has immediately replaced flight planning for Rwanda with […]
A suspect has been charged after police saw and stopped a potential robbery taking place in Dover
On the afternoon of 15 July Kent Police officers on duty at the police station in Ladywell heard a commotion taking place outside and intervened. It was reported that attempts had been made to rob a man of his mobile phone. The victim sustained a broken arm and bruising. Officers acted quickly to intervene and […]
A suspect has appeared in court charged with carrying out distraction burglaries in Dover and Hythe
Kent Police detectives investigated following three similar reports of jewellery being stolen during loft insulation work at homes between Friday 31 May and Wednesday 26 June 2024. Following enquiries, a man was arrested in Sandwich on Wednesday 17 July. Stuart McAllister, 60, of Strand Street, Sandwich, has since been charged with burglary in relation to […]
Ashford sex offender who used secret recording devices is jailed
Recording devices including sunglasses with a built-in camera were amongst the evidence secured by Kent Police officers that led to the conviction of a sex offender from Ashford. John Gilliver, of Maidstone Road, Charing, admitted multiple offences including voyeurism before being sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court on Thursday 11 July 2024. On Sunday 10 July […]
Two drug dealers have been jailed after they were arrested in Canterbury by Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team
Wayne Kassim and Mark Duce were behind a phone line which advertised drugs to users under the name ‘DelBoy’. Detectives began investigating following a medical incident involving one drug user, who was later found to have bought drugs from the ‘DelBoy’ line. A phone number was found to have been used to advertise heroin and […]
An 11 year prison term has been imposed on a Folkestone rapist after he attacked a teenager in her home
Paul Read, formerly of Morehall Avenue, was arrested on 17 December 2021 after officers were made aware that the girl had been sexually assaulted earlier that month. It was disclosed shortly afterwards that Read, now 40, had also raped the victim during an ordeal that took place at her home. An investigation by Kent Police […]
Two Ashford men have been charged following a serious assault in the town
Shortly before 11pm on Sunday 30 June 2024, Kent Police was called to New Rents in Ashford, to report that a man and a woman had been assaulted. They sustained injuries and the man was taken to a local hospital for treatment. On Tuesday 2 July, officers from East Kent CID arrested two men. A […]
Three suspected burglars have been charged following an investigation into break-ins in Folkestone
Detectives from the Kent Crime Squad have been carrying out enquiries into two burglaries in the Cherry Garden Avenue area of the town. Jewellery and designer items were stolen during the offences, which took place on Tuesday 30 April and Friday 17 May 2024. Following enquiries, three people were arrested in west London on Thursday […]
