A man has been charged after expensive power tools were taken from a work van.

Electric drills, saws, a sander, grinder and various hand tools were stolen after a Mercedes van was broken into at about 2am on Saturday, May 18.

It was parked on a driveway in Greenleas, Pembury.

Ashley Randall, of Gibbon Road in Newhaven, East Sussex, was arrested on Wednesday, May 22, after a vehicle he was driving was stopped by police in Royal Engineers Road, Maidstone.

The 30-year-old was later charged with theft from a motor vehicle.

He was bailed to appear at Sevenoaks Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, June 11.

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