‘Plot to throw packs over jail wall’

Two people have been arrested in connection with attempts to throw banned items into a prison.

Officers stopped a man in County Road, Maidstone, last Thursday, after reports he was acting suspiciously and carrying a number of packages out- side HMP Maidstone. He was arrested, as was the driver of a car that he had been in earlier that day, after officers suspected they were planning to throw the packages over the prison walls.

One of the men was a 26-yearold from Dagenham, and the other was a 31-year-old from Thamesmead. Both were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to convey prohibited articles into a prison.

They have since been bailed, pending further inquiries, until Friday, July 14. Forensics teams are analysing the packages found in their possession.