Dealers hid £30k cocaine and cannabis stash in tent near Faversham

Karn Martin and Anthony George were jailed after Kent Police officers found cannabis and cocaine stored in a tent near Faversham
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Two drug dealers from Kent hid cocaine and cannabis worth almost £30,000 in a tent. The stash of illegal drugs were found after officers carried out a warrant on land near Hernhill in September 2022.

Drugs were also discovered in a BMW. Officers recovered 2.5 kilos of cannabis, worth an estimated £20,000 and 94 grams of high-purity cocaine, with an estimated street value of around £8,500.

Anthony George was found at the site, close to Faversham, and was arrested on suspicion of drugs offences. DNA tests linked him to packaging of the cocaine. Forensics experts also found a finger and palm print which belonged to Karn Martin, who was arrested at his home in Whitstable later the same day.

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Messages on his phone showed it had been used to offer and supply drugs to users in Kent. George, 57, and Martin, 36, were later charged with and admitted being concerned in the supply of class A and B drugs.

On September 26 Martin, formerly of Florence Avenue, Whitstable, was jailed for three years at Canterbury Crown Court and George, of Highstreet Road, Hernhill, was jailed for two years, ten months.

Detective Sergeant Jon Saxby, Kent Police's deputy senior investigating officer, said: "These two men thought they would avoid detection by hiding their drugs on a plot of land, but our actions show we will track down dealers wherever they are trying to operate and bring them to justice. Work at the scene meant they were both quickly arrested and our investigation gave them no alternative but to admit the charges.

"We will continue to disrupt drug network activity, especially that which fuels violence, and put those involved behind bars."

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