Stolen items recovered in rural burglary arrest near Paddock Wood

Police responding to rural crime near Paddock Wood have arrested a suspected burglar within 24 hours of a break-in and recovered a stolen trailer and gardening equipment worth several thousand pounds.

Officers from the Tunbridge Wells Community Policing Team seized items which also included a ride-on lawnmower, after they became aware of suspicious activity at an address in Old Hay, Brenchley.

Patrols attended the location on the afternoon of Friday 5 May 2023, when it is alleged the trailer was in the process of being hitched to a pick-up truck.

Fast-track enquiries revealed the trailer, lawnmower, as well as other items found in the pick-up truck, had been stolen overnight from an address in Priors Heath, Goudhurst.