Four Charged

Detectives investigating a series of car thefts across Kent have charged four suspects.

All the vehicles were reported stolen overnight from outside addresses in Medway, Swale, Maidstone and Ashford, between Wednesday 4th December 2024 and Friday 24th January 2025. Enquiries were completed into each incident including the examination of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) and CCTV footage.

Four people have been charged following a report of an aggravated burglary in Ashford.

Kent Police were called at 11.42pm on Friday (21st July) following the incident at a property in Laurens Van Der Post Way in the town.

Officers attended and a vehicle was stopped by an armed response unit at around 12.23am in Swanstree Avenue here in Sittingbourne in relation to the offence.