• 2 days ago
The seizure is part of a national crackdown and found 220 thousand pounds in drugs, cash and weapons.

Kristin Hawthorne reports.
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00:0034 arrests and £120,000 worth of drugs were seized.
00:07This bodycam footage shows the moments Kent police carried out the final stages of a major
00:11drug crackdown operation.
00:20This location is linked to the supply of class A drugs in West Kent.
00:25In this corner you've got this, what's been used as a shoe rack, and in one of the shoes
00:31at the bottom, this particular shoe, located a quantity of cash sterling, which I'll leave
00:37there for a second, plus a large chain of some sort.
00:44Large amount of cash.
00:46Officers also seized more than £100,000 in cash, 14 weapons, 2 firearms and 16 mobile
00:53phones.
00:54So far, a total of 22 suspects have been charged with almost 70 separate offences.
01:00Throughout the week, Kent police also identified 10 vulnerable people, including two children,
01:04believed to have been exploited by criminal gangs.
01:07A total of around £37,000 in cash was also seized from two addresses that were searched
01:12in the Snodland area.
01:14In Margate, this vehicle was also searched, where 86 wraps of class A drugs were seized,
01:20along with a machete, three mobile phones and some cash.
01:32As part of this national crackdown, Kent police hope this operation will show their commitment
01:37to dismantling criminal gangs, as well as the violence they bring to the county.
01:42Kristen Hawthorne for KMTV.

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