Two compounds full of stolen car parts have been found in Kent.

Three people have been arrested after police discovered the stashes in Teynham.

Officers found them full of stolen car parts from across the southeast, as well as a car stolen from Essex.

An investigation is ongoing, according to a post by Kent Police on X, formally Twitter.

Almost 2,500 vehicles were reportedly swiped from the county’s streets last year.

Data from Kent Police shows Ford Transit vans, Ford Fiestas, and Land Rover Discoveries are some of the most targeted with hundreds of drivers registering them as stolen.

A Freedom of Information request by KentOnline revealed 2,429 vehicles were reported stolen in Kent last year - a 4% increase from 2022 (2,332).

It is also the highest number in the past five years with 2,033 vehicles being taken in 2019, 1,740 in 2020 and 1,697 in 2021.