A suspected drug dealer has appeared in court after a car smashed into a wall near Tunbridge Wells.

Police approached a parked Ford Mondeo at around 3.30pm on Friday, February 7, following reports of suspicious activity in Rusthall Grange.

The vehicle is reported to have been driven away when requested to stop and was briefly chased by an officer on foot, before it crashed into a wall and a parked car.

The driver got out the car but was arrested nearby, and when officers carried out searches, quantities of suspected cocaine, MDMA and ketamine, as well as almost £500 in cash, were seized.

Max King-Lewis, aged 23, of Kirkdale Road, Tunbridge Wells was later charged with possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply, dangerous driving and with possessing criminal property, which in this case was the cash seized.

He appeared before Medway Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, February 8, where he was remanded in custody.

He will next appear at Maidstone Crown Court on March 9.

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