A car-stop by officers patrolling in Ashford has led to the jailing of a drug dealer found with a large knife

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Oliver Kent

Published: 4:46 pm November 10, 2023

Updated: 11:03 am October 8, 2025

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Plain clothes police were driving along Wellesley Road on Thursday 28 September this year when they spotted a wanted man in a car.

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The car was stopped and Ben Foad, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, was arrested on recall to prison.

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