A suspect has been arrested after £2,000 of stolen fence panels and gas canisters were recovered.

Police were called after a builders’ yard in Ash Road, New Ash Green, was targeted on Saturday, October 13.

On Tuesday, officers executed a search warrant in nearby Billet Hill, Ash, where they seized more than 30 panels and eight cannisters.

At around the same time, a 40-year-old man was arrested in the Otford area in connection with theft, drink driving, and animal cruelty offences.

The suspect is currently bailed with conditions to return to a police station on February 9.