The early morning break-in was the second raid on the alpaca farm in a year
The trio can be seen roaming the site in balaclavas, with one holding a weapon
Mark Homewood and Tess Wilde own Bonnington Farm, near Ashford, Kent

Police and the RSPCA have been notified after the suspicious deaths of three foxes in Pegwell in separate incidents.

Suspected unlicensed scrap and waste collectors were targeted across the county by Kent Police officers working in partnership with Medway Council and Dover District Council

Last year rural theft cost Kent almost £1.4m, making it the third worst-affected county in the UK.

A farmer has spoken of his horror after discovering a calf hanged from a fence and a cow so badly injured it had to be put down.

The stolen John Deere Gator, worth more than £10,000, was found in a wooded area off the A2 in Dover on Tuesday (May 17) by a local farmer.

Environmental enforcement officers from Gravesham council have teamed up with Kent Police in a new initiative which will see officers carrying out proactive patrolling and road checks in the borough’s rural areas during the evenings, at night time and at weekends.

The problem of illegally dumped waste is being tackled by Maidstone Borough Council’s (MBC) waste crime team who have joined forces with Kent Police’s rural task force and roads policing unit.

An adapted shotgun, crossbows and flashbang grenades were seized during a police raid on a Kent home.

Officers searched the Canterbury property after suspicions were raised about the owner of the house.

Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Sam Brown said: “Too often we see incidents like this, where maintenance is carried out on live machinery and the principles of ‘safe stop’ and safe maintenance are ignored.

Four men have appeared in court charged with offences relating to the theft of fuel in west Kent.