Three men have been jailed after expensive watches, wedding and engagement rings and bank cards were stolen from several homes.

Jorge Bravo, 36, Jorge Espinoza, 19, and Williams Jean-Michel Andres, 28, smashed windows to get into two houses near Maidstone Road, Borough Green, and Field Mill Road in Egerton, Ashford.

On November 8, 2022, they travelled from London in a Ford Focus with the intention of breaking into addresses for high-value items.

Once they got inside the two homes, they stole the watches, rings, and bank cards, as well as computer tablets and cameras.

Investigators identified the Ford Focus as being connected to the crimes and colleagues in other forces were alerted.

The burglars were stopped by Surrey Police near Hammersmith and all three men were arrested – with the stolen items from the earlier burglaries being found inside the vehicle.

When a London address all three men were using was searched, stolen items were found from a third burglary in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Detectives were able to prove the suspects had travelled to all three addresses at the time they were targeted.

Bravo of Saltram Crescent, Maida Vale, was later charged with three counts of burglary.

“This was an organised crime gang intent on plundering properties in Kent...”

Espinoza, of the same address, and Jean-Michel Andres, of Tyers Street, Vauxhall, were both charged with two counts of burglary.

All three pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court.

At the sentencing hearing yesterday (July 27), Bravo was jailed for two years and six months, Espinoza was handed a term of one year and Andres received one year and eight months' imprisonment.

Investigating officer Detective Constable Josh Littley said: “This was an organised crime gang intent on plundering properties in Kent for expensive items before heading back to London.

“They thought they could travel into the county without detection but some swift investigation allowed colleagues from a neighbouring force to effectively bring them to justice.

​“The value of property they stole from three addresses amounted to more than £37,000. I am pleased we were able to return some of the items to the victims and that these criminals are now safely behind bars.”