Sailor rescued after drifting across Channel for three days
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January 11, 2021
KENT: A sailor has been rescued from the English Channel after his yacht drifted “hopelessly” for three days without a working engine or radio.
Kent Police’s Search and Marine Unit came across the vessel while on a routine patrol off the Port of Dover at about 11am on Sunday, the force said. The yachtsman told officers that his engine had failed, which also caused his radio to lose power.
Kent Police Tactical Operations account tweeted: “The person on board told us he had been drifting hopelessly for 3 days!! Kent Marine Unit have towed an extremely grateful sailor and his yacht in to the safety of a port.
Drugs and knife seized after police car rammed in Dartford
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A police patrol car was rammed after officers attempted to stop a vehicle last night.
Kent Police Tactical Operations team posted on Twitter following the incident in which a car had failed to stop in Dartford.
Tonight we had a vehicle fail to stop for us in #Dartford. After trying to ram the patrol car several times it was located abandoned a short distance away. Hereâs what lied within. #KentAgainstViolentCrime#GotYourNumber#SeeYouSoon CAD 30-0924. BB pic.twitter.com/PDNcBBYpzgâ Kent Police Tactical Operations (@KPTacOps) December 31, 2020
Officers say the vehicle was found abandoned a short distance away after having attempted to ram the patrol car several times.