A man has been arrested after more than a dozen cars were broken in to.

Officers discovered mobile phones, sunglasses and what is thought to be heroin during a search in Snodland on Tuesday.

The search followed around 14 cars being broken into in one night on the Holborough Lakes estate, near Snodland, last Wednesday.

KMTV spoke to some of the victims last week

Following the raid, residents were advised to keep keys for newer model cars in the microwave, fridge, or in a foil pouch.

Graham Twist, managing director at Astra Security Systems in Buckland Road, said: "A lot of new cars have keys that automatically open doors as you walk up to them.

“Criminals can buy technology online that is effectively a scanner.

“They can walk up to the front door of a house, scan for the key’s code and then walk up to a car, open the door and drive away or steal whatever they want by relaying the code.

“Unfortunately the manufacturers have known about it for a while, they haven’t come up with a solution yet but I’m sure they will eventually.

“We advise people to put keys in tin foil bags, their microwave or fridge as they can cover the signal and stop it reaching these scanners.

“It is similar to small foil-line pouches people put their contactless credit cards in to stop being robbed while their cards are in their pocket.”

Following yesterday's raid, police arrested a man in his 30s in connection with thefts from cars.

He has been bailed to return to police on February 22. Overnight security patrols are being stepped up as a result of last week's incident.

Residential Management Group looks after properties in Holborough Lakes on behalf of developer Berkeley Group.

A spokesperson at RMG said: "RMG work closely with the local police and the community at Holborough Lakes, and there will be more proactive night patrols going forward. We take the security of our residents seriously and are pleased to be working hand in hand with the police to support this.”