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Fake human skull found in bag for life in Maidstone

Detectives were called out after a human skull was found in a carrier bag.

CSI Terry inspected the bones which were dumped in a yellow bag for life.

It was found in a yellow carrier bag. Picture: Kent Police
It was found in a yellow carrier bag. Picture: Kent Police

But the officer found there were a few inconsistencies with how real skulls look and quickly it as fake.

This is not the first time police have been called out to worrying finds only to discover not was all as it seemed.

Unidentified bones washed up on a beach in Whitstable in April 2020.

Between eight and 10 response vehicles arrived at Swalecliffe seafront after police were alerted to the discovery.

However it was soon confirmed the remains belonged to an animal.

It was quickly identified as fake. Picture: Kent Police
It was quickly identified as fake. Picture: Kent Police
Inconsistencies were found. Picture: Kent Police
Inconsistencies were found. Picture: Kent Police

Armed officers and a police helicopter were called to Ightham Mote near Sevenoaks in May 2020 after a big cat was spotted – only to be confronted by a life size sculpture of a tiger.

Earlier this month, a driver who led police in a 35-mile chase was found to have only had a Legoland licence.

Met and Kent officers pursued the suspect from Bexley to the Isle of Sheppey, with a helicopter called in.

A full scale bomb response deployed in 2014 was sparked by a box of batteries.

A military disposal team was called to Maidstone and people were told to move to the back of their homes after a suspicious package was discovered at a bus stop.

College Road was closed and traffic chaos ensued after police received reports of a mystery object. But a robot eventually got to the bottom of things.

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