Over £80,000 worth of drugs have been found after multiple residences were raided.
After home searches in Medway turned up cash, cannabis, and cocaine, eight men have been charged with suspected cocaine supply crimes.
On Friday, March 15, constables from the force’s county lines and gangs section finished their raids at homes in Rainham and Gillingham.
An additional search warrant was also carried out at a Hampshire residence.
The enforcement action was related to a probe into the distribution of class A narcotics in the Medway Towns.
Eight persons in all were detained and charged with conspiring to provide class A narcotics.
They were Bill Treeby, 24, of Hawthorn Road, Gillingham; Aaron Treeby, 28, of Allington Lane, Eastleigh, Hampshire; Charlotte Scott, 32, of St Edmunds Way, Rainham; Kai Tebboth, 26, of Wakeley Road, Rainham; Luke Watts, 42, of Woodchurch Crescent, Gillingham; Daniel Heales, 30, of St Edmunds Way, Rainham; Mark Austen, 31, of Woodlands Road. Gillingham.
Heales, Tebboth, Scott, and Watts were also accused of having cocaine in their hands with the intention of selling it.
Tebboth, Heales, and Austen were also accused of having marijuana in their possession.
The suspects were granted conditional release to appear in Maidstone Crown Court on Monday, April 15, after their appearance before Medway Magistrates’ Court.
A 46-year-old Gillingham resident was also taken into custody; however, she was freed on bond until June 14 in anticipation of additional inquiries.
Numerous arrests and charges have also resulted from an independent investigation into class A drug supplies in north Kent.
They discovered that since the autumn of 2023, users in Dartford, Longfield, and Gravesend had allegedly been receiving cocaine from a certain phone line.
Officers began searching for the individuals responsible, and on Thursday (March 14), they carried out many search warrant executions and made arrests as a consequence of their investigations.
Patrols on Kirby Road, 
, stopped an automobile on that particular date. A cell phone and a cocaine deal were found, and a guy and a woman were taken into custody.
They charged the following suspects with conspiracy to supply cocaine between October 1, 2023 and March 14, 2024: Henry Pulfer, 36, of School Hill, Lamberhurst; Peter Hyde, 57, of Linden Avenue, Dartford; Paul Davis, 35, of no fixed address; Rosina Kelly, 20, of Betsham Road, Gravesend; Michael Robinson, 36, of St Vincent’s Avenue, Dartford; John Gilfoyle, 49, of Mangold Way, Erith; Rebecca Dickson, 32, of Bell Close, Greenhithe; Stephen Ticknell-Smith, 37, of Bedford Road, Dartford; Danny May, 34, of St Ronans View, Dartford; Stevie Underhill, 33, of Mason Avenue, Swanscombe; Kerry Mackessy, 31, of Spielman Road, Dartford.
Charges of having cocaine with the intent to distribute were also brought against Hyde, Davis, and Underhill.
In addition, Robinson was accused of having an extendable baton and amphetamine with the purpose to provide, while Hyde was charged with two charges of possessing a knuckleduster.
On Friday, March 15, the suspects made an appearance before the Medway Magistrates’ Court.
With the exception of Robinson and Kelly, who were conditionally released on bond to attend the same hearing, they were all remanded to a hearing at Woolwich Crown on April 12.
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