Thirty vehicles were stopped in roadside checks to combat fly tipping.

The joint operation by police, city and county council officers targeted carriers of waste and scrap metal.

The team carried out the roadside checks on Herne Bay Road near the tip, the Old Thanet Way between Chestfield and Greenhill, Thornden Wood Road and Sturry Hill.

Two £300 penalty notices were issued to drivers who failed to have proper licences for disposing of waste.

Two drivers were ordered to have vehicle defects repaired and two drivers were issued with £30 fines for not wearing a seat belt.

A man in his 20s was also reported for careless driving and had his vehicle seized after he was stopped by officers who were controlling the road checks.

He had been warned by police about his driving on Herne Bay seafront the previous week and told that his car would be seized if it was repeated.

Sgt David Brenchley said: “Local communities, particularly in rural areas, have highlighted the problems of fly tipping.

"Carriers of waste must operate within the law and we shall continue to work with other agencies to ensure this happens and the road checks and those that we plan to carry out in the future are part of this.”