Investigators have charged three men after stolen car parts were seized at a commercial unit in Gravesend. On 5 December 2023, patrols were called to Wharf Road following reports of suspicious activity. Officers gained access to a building and recovered items suspected to have been taken from several stolen vehicles. Nobody was present and a forensic examination was completed.

Patrols returned to the premises on Thursday 1 February 2024 where three men were arrested. Vidmantas Ochmanas, of Constable Road, Gravesend; Vytautas Barzda, of no fixed address, and Tomas Cerniauskas, of Ashburnham Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex were later charged with conspiracy to handle stolen vehicles. Mr Ochmanas, 28, Mr Barzda, 27 and Mr Cerniauskas, 29, were remanded to appear before Medway Magistrates’ Court on Friday 3 February. They were remanded to a hearing at Maidstone Crown Court on 1 March.