A man has been arrested after police made a sinister discovery in the boot of his car.
Alex Underwood was stopped as he was walking to his car in Leigh, near Tonbridge, Kent on 5 March.
Police received intelligence that Underwood was in the area after having found evidence of extensive criminal activity from September 2023 and March 2024.
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As officers went to check inside the 29-year-old's VW Passat, he told them that they would only find 'bits and bobs'.
Kent Police has since shared footage of the incident on their YouTube channel with the title: "Arrest and car search."
Watch below to see what they actually found inside of the vehicle:
Police have long suspected the Tunbridge Wells resident to be part of a large drug network across Kent after finding almost 10,000 drugs supply messages from his phone in the space of three months.
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He told officers they would find a ‘couple of bits and bobs’ inside the car, and instead they found a stab vest, set of scales and multiple deal bags.
They also recovered two mobile handsets which were matched to active supply lines.
One of the phones sent out 9,296 messages to more than 150 different contacts, between the end of September and early January.
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He was charged with two counts of being concerned in the supply of drugs, namely cocaine and cannabis, and pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court, admitting to a further offence of possessing cannabis.
Underwood was subsequently sentenced on 4 April to three years behind bars.
PC Rob Harrison of the Tunbridge Wells Community Safety Unit said: "Underwood’s criminality was far reaching and has impacted communities across several areas including Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Paddock Wood and Hildenborough.
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"The fact he chose to carry a stab vest in his car provided further evidence of his involvement in what was a significant supply chain and clearly illustrates the threat of violence associated with this type of offending.
"This sentence demonstrates yet again, just how effective our officers are in identifying those who wrongly believe they can operate in our towns and villages without consequence.
"We are showing time and time again that the reality is that anyone involved in the supply of drugs can expect a robust response and ultimately a prison sentence."
Anish Vij