Theft [Reference: ca25/7/3]
Rumwood Nurseries, Sutton Rd Langley.
between 13:14 and 13:18hrs 3rd March approx. 40 Laural bushes/trees with hessian netting around base were stolen.
Suspects described as :-
1) driver a white european male, 22–30yrs wearing a light green or blue hoodie with hood up
2) passenger, male wearing a black hoodie with hood up
suspect vehicle a white Citreon balingo van, fairly new looking.
Crime report CY/003360/11

Chartway Street Sutton Valence. between 18:30 4th and 08;00hrs 5th March a padlock and chain was cut off and stolen from a garden gate to a residential dwelling.
Crime report CY/003425/11

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Bogus caller scams
This is a joint crime and community message from Maidstone & District Neighbourhood Watch and Mid Kent Maidstone Police. We would like to inform you of the following information for your area.

We would like to warn you about the following tactics being used as cold calling ploys.

A number of residents in Charing have had traders call and offer to tarmac their driveways. They claimed to be from Kent Highway services. Please note that this would not happen, as they cannot offer work to individuals.

We are still getting bogus charity bags being delivered around town. The intention is for you to fill them with unwanted good, which will be sold on for a profit to them. Make sure you are giving to a genuine charity. You can check the details of a registered charity by contacting the Charity Commission on 0845 3000 218 or by the website www.charity-commission.gov.uk.

There have been some bogus callers to consumers pretending to be from a local GP surgery. They give the impression they are from the NHS and ask what medication you are taking. In one incident a consumer was persuaded to buy some new tablets and £179.50 was debited from their credit card.

Please apply caution when dealing with any unknown caller at the door or on the phone. If we can work together to stop people like this from profiting from these ploys they will hopefully stop it in the future.

If you have any information in connection with any of these messages or you would like to talk to anyone please call Lorraine on 01622 604395.

Lorraine Hemphrey
Liaison Officer
Neighbourhood Watch
01622 604395
 
   
 

Garden ornaments
This is a joint crime and community message from Maidstone & District Neighbourhood Watch and Mid Kent Maidstone Police. We would like to inform you of the following information for your area.

We have again seen an increase in the theft of plant pots and other garden ornaments, particularly in front gardens. This is a usually crime trend for this time of the year and we would like to warning you to secure any desirable objects in the hope that we can prevent any further crime. If you can secure them to an object that cannot be move, such as a wall or a fence then do so. There have also been incidents in previous years where solar light have been taken, they are usually just stuck in the ground with a spike and easy to remove, consider cementing them into the ground.

If you have any information in connection with any of these messages or you would like to talk to anyone please call Lorraine on 01622 604395.

  
   
 

Corporate Communications
The third edition of Policing Matters, a joint publication giving the latest news and developments from Kent Police and the Kent Police Authority.



Contact:
Corporate Communications
Kent Police Headquarters
Tel: 01622 690690
www.kent.police.uk

Have your say day
The Kent Police Authority will be holding a conference
for businesses to have their say on how crime effect
their companies. If you wish to attend it will held at the
Ashford International hotel on the morning of Tuesday
1st December. Please contact Hanna Hales,Kent Police
Authority to confirm your place on 01622 604482, email: hanna.hales@kent.pnn.police.uk. Ann Barnes Chair of the
Kent Police Authority and Chief Constable, Michael Fuller,
will be attending.

Police are also holding a 'Have your say day' in Maidstone Town Centre on 21 October with officers out in force to engage with the public and receive feedback on policing issues.

Representatives from Neighbourhood Watch will also be there, giving out information on the local schemes, as well as the mobile police station, where crime prevention advice will be available.

'If you have a spare five minutes to share your policing concerns, you can find us outside Marks and Spencer, next to Fremlin Walk between 1pm and 4pm.'

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