News Drug dealer’s


£2,000 seized MORE than £2,000 has been confis- cated fromaMaidstone drug dealer under the Proceeds of CrimeAct. The £2,190 seized from Zeno


Mich-Onyibe by officers investigat- ing the supply of drugs in Maid- stonewas ordered to be retained at a confiscation hearing atMaidstone Crown Court onMay 17. He was arrested at an address in


Battersea, where a quantity of cannabis and cashwas seized. The 23-year-old, fromMiddlesex,


was jailed for one year and seven months at the same court on De- cember 5, after pleading guilty to possession of class B drugswith in- tent to supply. Detective Inspector Annie Clay-


ton, of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said: “This should send a message to those who travel to Kent to deal drugs that once they have been sentenced wewill continue to investigate any financial gain they havemade from their activities. “We will use the legislation that


is available to seize any cash or property that we can prove they have obtained through criminal be- haviour.”


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Jill aiming for beauty title and charity boost


ADENTAL nurse fromMaidstone is hoping towin a national beauty pageant – and raise a hatful of money along theway. Jill Fogg, who works at Fresh


Dental Centre in Turkey Mill, has her sights on being named as the winner of the Crown and Glory pageant. The final is being held in Wrex-


ham, and Jill,whowill be 28 on July 4, is flying the flag for Kent. In the build-up to the finals inAu-


gust, she is trying to raise as much money as she can for the charity Abbie’sArmy, which raisesmoney for vital research into brain tumours in young children. Jill said: “Iwas put on to the char-


ity by the pageant organisers, but once I read about it, I had to raise as much as I could. “Alot of these tumours are incur-


able and the children are given only ninemonths to live, and themoney raised helps fund research into them. “People have the wrong percep-


tion about pageants these days, they’re not all about looks, they are about brains. You have to work so


hard before themand if Iwin, I’ll be working even harder.” Jill also raises money for Mind


Mid-Kent and Maidstone, and is also an anti-bullying campaigner, having suffered at the hands of bul- lies herself. Originally from The Wirral, she


has been in Kent for a few years now, and has been competing in pageants since 2010. She said: “Imet someone on holi-


day and hewas fromMaidstone, so Imoved here. It didn’twork out but I like the area so I’ve stayed here – it’s very green. “I’mworking 50 hours a week as


well as doing all of this fundraising, which ismainly appearing at events – Iwant to attend asmany as possi- ble between nowandAugust 25. “I’m also planning on riding the


largest zipwire in Europe,which is in Snowdonia.” To find out more about Jill’s


fundraising and to sponsor her, visit www.justgiving.com/fundraising/jil l-fogg1


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