News Drugs charge


A MAN has been charged by po- lice after three raids in the Maid- stone area unearthed a kilogramof what is thought to be cocaine. Joshua Hall (24), of Hampstead


Lane, Yalding, was one of three men arrested following the raids in Maidstone, Yalding and West Malling on Thursday,April 12, and Friday,April 13. Three kilos of suspected cutting


agents and £10,000 cash were also seized by officers from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Direc- torate. Hall is due to appear at Maid- stone Crown Court onMay 11.


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RESIDENTS inHunton are invited to a formal evening in the village hall onMonday,May 21. They are invited to the annual


village meeting, where Charlie Russell fromtheUniversity ofKent will talk about The LittleOwl Proj- ect, in which Hunton is participat- ing. The meeting starts at 6.45pm,


when light refreshments will be served. There will also be an open ses-


sion,when villagerswill be able to discuss local issues with parish councillors.


downsmail.co.uk


Family’s stables burned down in a second aack


AFAMILY are devastated after sta- bles at the field where they keep their horses were destroyed for a second time. Peter Phelps, who is 82, has built


the facility himself twice, only for it to be struck by arsonists twice. He lives in Staplehurst with wife


Olive, daughter Victoria and her two-year-old daughter. The farm is in nearby Cranbrook, close to Mount EphraimFarm. MissPhelps said: “We are soupset


and we can’t believe it’s happened again. We’ve had that field for nearly 20 years andwe had no trou- ble at all until 2016. Then the first at- tack happened,Dadbuilt itupagain andnowit’s beenburntdownagain. “It’s a field in the middle of


nowhere - you wouldn’t know it was there. There’s no electricity so it’s definitely deliberate.” The family have three animals in


the field, one horse, one pony and a miniature.None of themwere in the barn when the fire happened.Miss Phelps admits that this secondblaze


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hashitherhard. “Ourhorses are just expensive pets, they don’t cause anyone any problems,” she added. “This is money that we can ill-af-


ford to build it up again. The police sent a young officer on her own and saiditwas an open andshut case, as there’s no CCTV or any easy evi- dence. Itwas really lovely,whatmy dad had built up in the field and we’re all so upset.” The family is at a loss to explain


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Peter Phelps, from Staplehurst, in the ruins of the stable he had built, only for it to be burned down twice by arsonists


why they have been targeted but do not suspect a personal vendetta. A Kent Police spokesman said:


“Kent Police received a report of a fire at a stable in Freight LaneCran- brook between 4pm on Saturday April 7 and 8amon Sunday April 8. “Officers are are asking anyone


withinformationtocall 01622 604100 quoting reference YY/11545/18. Al- ternatively, callKent Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.”


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