Dogs allegedly stolen found in Ashford

Two dogs that were allegedly stolen, are due to be reunited with their owners after a warrant was carried out at a property in Ashford.

Officers executed a search warrant under the Theft Act at a smallholding and grounds in Egerton Road, Charing Heath, Ashford on Wednesday 11 March.

The dogs were found in a kennel at the property and checks revealed they had been stolen.

Springer Spaniel 'Millie' and Cocker Spaniel 'Sampson'‘Millie’, a 2 ½ year-old Springer Spaniel was allegedly stolen from a garden in Stowting Common on 4 January and ‘Sampson’, a 6-year-old Cocker Spaniel was allegedly stolen from a garden in Bilsington on 22 January.

49-year-old Douglas Steven Dunn of Egerton Road, Charing Heath, Ashford was arrested and subsequently charged with two counts of Handling Stolen Goods.

He was released on bail to answer before Folkestone Magistrates on 13 April.