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Police tape off field in Woolage Green outside Canterbury as part of Razvan Sirbu suspected murder investigation in Maidstone

By: Gazette reporter kentishgazette@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 12:41, 12 May 2017

Detectives investigating the suspected murder of a 21-year-old-man have taped off a field in a village outside Canterbury.

Homeless Razvan Sirbu was found dead at the Loose Valley Conservation Area in Maidstone on Sunday by two dog walkers.

Now officers have cordoned off a field in Woolage Green near Aylesham after arresting an 18-year-old man in the village yesterday evening.

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Police have taped off the field in Wick Lane
Police at the scene. Picture: Ben Doherty

Parish councillor Adrian Wicken said he saw a number of police vehicles in the village including the helicopter last night.

VIDEO: Police tape off field in suspected murder investigation

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"It was obviously serious as you do not usually get the police helicopter floating about," he said.

"People in the village were making it sound like we were in downtown Chicago, but there were probably some people who didn't even know the police were here.

Tape at the scene
The field off Wick Lane

"They didn't advertise their presence at all but some officers did come into the pub when we were closing up to ask if we knew anything."

Detectives investigating the incident also arrested a 19-year-old man in Maidstone yesterday evening.

Woolage Green is just off the A2

Both suspects are from the Maidstone area. They remain in custody.

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