A man from Eastling, near Faversham, has been jailed for three and a half years for drug and burglary offences.

Levy Deeprose, of Newnham Lane, was sentenced after police caught him trying to hide a bundle of heroin and cocaine underneath a sofa.

When officers raided an address in Royal Road, Sheerness, on April 16, the 25-year-old tried to conceal himself under a duvet while he stuffed a golf ball-sized wrap of drugs underneath a sofa he was lying on.

He was caught red-handed but insisted he was just trying to retrieve some medicine from his sock, before admitting taking LSD before the police arrived and was subsequently arrested.

During a search of the property, a drugs dog identified the substance underneath the sofa and drug experts discovered it contained around £430 worth of class A drugs, divided into wraps to be sold on the street.

"This man is a prolific offender and had he not been arrested when he was, would have contributed to the destructive culture of class A drugs on Kent streets." - Detective Constable Iain Joyce

Also in the property was a distinctive machete that detectives traced back to a burglary at an outhouse in Westwood Court, Sheldwich, committed overnight on April 14.

Following interviews with witnesses, Deeprose was identified as a man driving through the area and acting suspiciously in the hours before the burglary, and was charged with the offence.

He later admitted the charges in court.

Deeprose was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on Wednesday, June 3, to one year in prison for burglary and two counts of possession with intent to supply class A drugs for which he received 30 months apiece, to be served concurrently.

Investigating officer, Detective Constable Iain Joyce said: "Deeprose was acting suspiciously as soon as officers entered the address and it quickly became apparent that he was trying to hide something.

"When we found property stolen from a victim of crime, detectives were able to trace Deeprose back to the scene and build up a wealth of evidence against him.

"This man is a prolific offender and had he not been arrested when he was, would have contributed to the destructive culture of class A drugs on Kent streets."