Forty-six charges have been authorised against one man following an investigation by Kent Police’s Chief Constable’s Crime Squad
At around 11pm on Saturday 12 March 2022, the force received several reports which stated a man had been seen burgling, or attempting to enter, properties in the Jellicoe Avenue and Whitehill Road area of Gravesend. Craig Graham was detained on suspicion of the offences and taken into custody after a search […]
Three men have been jailed after a disabled pensioner was held down during a violent burglary at her Swanscombe home
Amos Vincent, Amos Beaney and William Dennard were all involved in a plot last year, which led to the victim being restrained while her property was ransacked. Dennard drove his accomplices to the victim’s address on 17 September 2021. Vincent and Beaney then knocked on her door and told the victim a […]
Three men have been jailed after a disabled pensioner was held down during a violent burglary at her Swanscombe home
Amos Vincent, Amos Beaney and William Dennard were all involved in a plot last year, which led to the victim being restrained while her property was ransacked. Dennard drove his accomplices to the victim’s address on 17 September 2021. Vincent and Beaney then knocked on her door and told the victim a […]
Three men have been jailed after a disabled pensioner was held down during a violent burglary at her Swanscombe home – (ID 522252)
Amos Vincent, Amos Beaney and William Dennard were all involved in a plot last year, which led to the victim being restrained while her property was ransacked. Dennard drove his accomplices to the victim’s address on 17 September 2021. Vincent and Beaney then knocked on her door and told the victim a […]
A man who sent terrorist propaganda to others over an instant messaging app has been jailed, following an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command
Ali Abdisalam Sheikh Abdillahi, 31 and from north London, shared the extremist material on a channel he created on the app in July 2020. This material included recordings of an Islamist extremist preacher who advocates armed jihad, and two Daesh propaganda videos showing executions and graphic violence. Upon being arrested, his devices were recovered and […]
A man who sent terrorist propaganda to others over an instant messaging app has been jailed, following an investigation by the Met’s Coun…
Ali Abdisalam Sheikh Abdillahi, 31 and from north London, shared the extremist material on a channel he created on the app in July 2020. This material included recordings of an Islamist extremist preacher who advocates armed jihad, and two Daesh propaganda videos showing executions and graphic violence. Upon being arrested, his devices were recovered and […]
Five men have been jailed for more than 34 years following a Met investigation into the fatal stabbing of a man in Enfield
Skender Ismaili, 30, was killed in the early hours of 17 July 2020 in Lytton Avenue, Enfield. The homicide investigation quickly established that the fatal stabbing happened while the five defendants were burgling a cannabis factory with which Mr Ismaili was connected. A post-mortem examination held on 19 July 2020 confirmed that Mr Ismali […]
Four car thieves have been charged following multiple vehicle thefts across north Kent
Between Wednesday 29 December 2021 and Wednesday 23 February 2022 there were 18 vehicles stolen from various addresses in Gravesend, Rochester, Higham, Dartford and Swanley. The vehicles stolen included Ford Fiestas, Range Rovers and Jaguars and the thefts occurred mainly during the day or early evening. As part of the ongoing investigation officers linked the […]
Twenty-seven charges have been authorised against one man following a series of burglary and theft offences in Gravesend
Liam Wells is alleged to have committed the crimes in the Riverview estate area, with all but one of them happening on Sunday 21 February 2022. Upon receiving the reports, Kent Police’s Chief Constable’s Crime Squad immediately commenced their enquires and these led to the team securing a warrant and arresting Mr Wells […]
Twenty-seven charges have been authorised against one man following a series of burglary and theft offences in Gravesend – (ID 521449)
Liam Wells is alleged to have committed the crimes in the Riverview estate area, with all but one of them happening on Sunday 21 February 2022. Upon receiving the reports, Kent Police’s Chief Constable’s Crime Squad immediately commenced their enquires and these led to the team securing a warrant and arresting Mr Wells […]
Twenty-seven charges have been authorised against one man following a series of burglary and theft offences in Gravesend
Liam Wells is alleged to have committed the crimes in the Riverview estate area, with all but one of them happening on Sunday 21 February 2022. Upon receiving the reports, Kent Police’s Chief Constable’s Crime Squad immediately commenced their enquires and these led to the team securing a warrant and arresting Mr Wells […]
Three men serving jail sentences for terrorism offences have been found guilty of assaulting a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh in south-ea…
The prison officer was attacked by Hashem Abedi, 24, Ahmed Hassan, 22, and Muhammed Saeed, 23 on 11 May 2020. The victim suffered facial and head injuries, bruising, and received hospital treatment for damage to his hearing. The three men accused were found guilty of actual bodily harm. Abedi was also found guilty of […]
Three men serving jail sentences for terrorism offences have been found guilty of assaulting a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh in south-east London
The prison officer was attacked by Hashem Abedi, 24, Ahmed Hassan, 22 , and Muhammed Saeed, 23 on 11 May 2020. The victim suffered facial and head injuries, bruising, and received hospital treatment for damage to his hearing. The three men accused were found guilty of actual bodily harm. Abedi was also found guilty […]
A suspected drug dealer who reportedly attempted to flee from police has been charged with supplying class A drugs
Officers pulled over a vehicle in Bevis Close, Dartford at around 9pm on Monday 14 February 2022. The patrol attempted to detain the driver in order to search the vehicle and he reportedly ran from the officers who were able to give chase and stop him. They searched the vehicle and found a […]
A street robber who threatened a woman with a knife before stealing her purse has been jailed for six years
CCTV clearly captured William Smith targeting the victim after she won more than £1,000 from a gaming machine at a Leysdown arcade. The 27-year-old, of Beechwood Drive, Meopham, admitted robbery and possessing a bladed article in a public place. He was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Wednesday 16 February 2022. Cash winnings On the […]
An Albanian drug supplier who arranged cocaine deals within the UK worth almost £1.4 million has been jailed for 10 years.
Officers from the Organised Crime Partnership, a joint National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police Service unit, identified Taulant Stoica as the fixer behind a number of drug deals in London and Bristol, arranged on encrypted messaging platform EncroChat. Stoica, 35, from Bexleyheath in Kent, used the EncroChat handle ‘Palefog’ to organise the handover of […]
Man jailed for sharing a bomb-making manual online
Connor Burke, from south east London, pleaded guilty to disseminating a terrorist publication – linked to a manual that he had shared on a social media platform, which contained information on how to create improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Burke also pleaded guilty to four counts of possession of a document likely to be useful to […]
A pair of #Gravesend drug dealers are starting prison sentences after officers seized drugs including thousands of vials containing steroids
On 3 March 2021, some of our patrols were completing checks on vehicles in the Gravesend area when they stopped an uninsured car in Lennox Road. They spoke to the driver Mateusz Kron (right image) and, suspecting he was involved in the supply of drugs, completed a search of his vehicle. A bag containing cannabis […]
