Teen arrested after multiple fires at Acorn Shipyard
Following a spate of suspicious fires at Acorn Shipyard, the latest on Sunday having left a replica Dutch barge gutted, a 19 year old Rochester man has been arrested. Read more at Kent Online…
Category: Crime
Car drives off Gillingham Pier
This afternoon a white Ford Fiesta sped along Gillingham Pier, past the Medway Queen, and smashed through the railings before sinking at the edge of the approach channel for Chatham Docks. The 31-year-old driver swam...
Police Marine Unit on anti-terror patrols
Last weekend, PCs David Lavender and Ron Murray from the Kent Police Search and Marine Unit took BBC Radio Kent reporter Alex Bish out on their RIB “Seahorse” to show how they look out...
Have you seen my dinghy? YES!
Ken Marsden writes, “I’m a member of the Medway Cruising Club, and within the last few days have lost my dinghy from my mooring off Gillingham. As far as I can see the dinghy...
Arms smugglers convicted at Old Bailey
“Mastermind” Harry Shilling and Michael Defraine were convicted of smuggling 9 machine pistols and 22 assault rifles plus ammunition from Boulogne to a deserted wharf near Cuxton. Their operation was monitored for weeks by the...
Jim has been found!
UPDATE: PC David Lavender has informed us that Mr McLeod has been found, presumably alive and well, with his boat Satsuma in Colchester.
Firearms seized near Cuxton Marina
Seven people have been charged after firearms and rounds of ammunition were seized near Cuxton Marina in Kent. Officers detained three men and a woman near the A228, while a further three men were...
Yachts damaged on Medway at Gillingham Reach
Kent Police have recently been made aware of a number of yachts on moorings which have sustained damage to their hulls. From further enquiries including viewing CCTV it appears the most probable cause for...
Boat owner’s car submerged at Sheerness
Despite the best efforts of Kent Police, a Land Rover Freelander ended up submerged by the tide when a boat owner could not drive it back up the beach after launching his boat. Read more...
Police appeal for information following Scout boat theft
A 20ft blue Scorpio boat and a trailer, owned by the 4th Gillingham Scouts, were taken from the Scout compound at the Strand, Gillingham between 3 and 4 May If anyone has information, call PC...
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