🚔 Local Policing Update | Gravesend Town Centre & Kings Farm 🚔

🚔 Local Policing Update | Gravesend Town Centre & Kings Farm 🚔

I wanted to provide you with an update regarding Drug dealing, which people around your area have highlighted as an issue of concern on the priority survey.

Your Local Policing Team has continued carrying out high-visibility patrols across Gravesend Town Centre and Kings Farm, focusing on tackling criminality, anti-social behaviour and issues that matter most to our communities. 👮‍♂️👮‍♀️

As part of our proactive policing activity, officers stopped a male riding a motorbike in Gravesend. When challenged, the rider abandoned the bike and attempted to make off from officers on foot. 🏃‍♂️💨

Following a lengthy foot chase, officers successfully detained the male and subsequent searches led to the recovery of:

💊 Over 30 wraps of suspected drugs
💷 A large quantity of cash
🏍️ A motorbike displaying false registration plates

The male was arrested on suspicion of Possession with Intent to Supply controlled drugs, along with a number of driving-related offences. He remains under investigation.

In addition, officers have continued to take action against vehicles being used unlawfully within the community, resulting in the seizure of multiple illegal e-scooters and e-bikes. ⚡🛴🚲

Many of these vehicles are not legal for use on public roads, pavements or public spaces and can pose a significant risk to both riders and pedestrians. Enforcement activity will continue across the district.

✅ High-visibility patrols
✅ Targeted enforcement
✅ Drug-related arrests
✅ Illegal vehicle seizures

We remain committed to proactively tackling crime, disrupting those who cause harm in our communities and keeping Gravesend a safe place to live, work and visit.

📞 If you have concerns about crime or anti-social behaviour in your area, please continue to report them to us. Information from the public plays a vital role in helping us identify and target offenders.

The illicit drugs market is big business, worth an estimated £9.4 billion a year and drug deaths have reached an all-time. Taking the health harms, costs of crime and wider impacts on society together, it is estimated the total costs of drugs to society are over £19 billion, which is more than twice the value of the market itself.

If you are adversely affected by antisocial behaviour in your community associated with drug use, The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 outlines the flexible tools and powers that the police, local authorities and other local agencies can use to respond quickly and effectively to antisocial behaviour.

If you ever experience this issue or have information regarding an incident, please report it using our online reporting tools at https://www.kent.police.uk, speak to an operator in our Force Communications Room via our online web chat or call the non-emergency number 101.

Alternatively, you can stay 100 per cent anonymous by contacting the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or via their untraceable online form at crimestoppers-uk.org.

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