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Watch police raid newsagents in Chatham and Gillingham and find thousands of illegal cigarettes
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Updated: 15:41, 04 March 2021
A hide containing several thousands untaxed cigarettes was found in the yard of a convenience store.
Police raided several shops over two days and seized 123,040 cigarettes and arrested eleven peopled during an operation targetting illicit tobacco sales in Chatham and Gillingham.
Police empty the hide found at Payless Convenience Store in Gillingham
The raids were carried out in partnership with HM Revenue and Customs, Medway Council, the Home Office and Kent Fire and Rescue Service on February 26 and 27.
As well as the cigarettes, 19.8kg of rolling tobacco were also found and nine men, aged between 19 and 42, and two teenage boys were arrested on suspicion of conspiring to commit tax evasion.
Inquest hears Chatham man, 30, died in Chalk Pit Park
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Updated: 15:38, 02 March 2021
An inquest into the death of a man found at a park concluded he took his own life.
The body of Piotr Stankiewicz, 30, was found in Chalk Pit Park, Chatham.
Part of the road was taped off while officers investigated
Coroner Bina Patel led an investigation into the Polish national s death at County Hall, Maidstone, on Monday afternoon.
Miss Patel concluded the Chatham High Street resident, who was found hanged, died by suicide.
Parts of the Chalk Pit Hill area were taped off by police who conducted an investigation.
Police arrest motorists in Medway as part of road safety operation in Chatham and Rochester
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Updated: 13:39, 22 February 2021
Vehicles were seized and arrests made during a police crackdown on motoring offences across the Medway towns.
Officers were on patrol in Chatham and Rochester for a road safety operation which led to two arrests, a further court summons and speeding tickets issued.
Five speeding tickets were issued by police in Rochester and Chatham during the day of action. Picture: Kent Police
The operation held on February 15 across the two towns saw suspects stopped on suspicion of traffic offences and was carried out by Kent Police s Medway Community Safety Unit and the Roads Policing Unit.
More fines for Covidiots including Brighton free-runners caught breaking lockdown rules in Chatham High Street
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Updated: 12:46, 15 February 2021
Two women and seven men who were making a film of themselves free-running have been fined for breaching Covid-19 rules.
Police were called to Chatham High Street after they received multiple reports from concerned members of the public that they were endangering themselves by participating in the high-risk activity.
The car park party-goers were fined along with the Brighton free-runners. Picture: Kent Police
The group, from Brighton, were among 213 others who received fines between February 5 and 10.
Since the start of the year 1,308 fines have been issued to people breaching coronavirus regulations.