Police have confirmed today that a body was found at an old army barracks.

The death of the 47-year-old man, in Armoury Drive, Gravesend, is not being treated as suspicious and a report has been prepared for the coroner.

Witnesses reported several police vehicles and officers in Armoury Drive, Gravesend

The individual's next of kin have been informed.

Kent Police spokesman Richard Spillett said on Friday: "Police were called at 10.45am on Friday, April 17 to an address in Armoury Drive, Gravesend, where they assisted the South East Coast Ambulance Service with a medical incident."

One resident of Armoury Drive said: "I woke up at 10 this morning and six or seven police cars were already here.

"At about 2pm the forensics left after a funeral Mercedes car turned up.

"I don't even know what time this all happened. Everything's normally as quiet as a mouse round here so this is very odd. The old barracks have been turning into flats for the past few years and all the guys working on it live inside."

Another witness reported seeing a private ambulance.

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