Kent: Charges of theft of around £2m computer equipment

Four men have been charged with theft and handling stolen goods after being stopped by Kent Police in Surrey.

The theft relates to around £2m worth of computer equipment from the West London area on 13 September, and the handling charges related to a stolen van from Sittingbourne on 10 September.

On 13 September, officers from Kent stopped a car at Virginia Water, near Heathrow and four men were taken to Kent for questioning.

Adrian Gowers, aged 48 from Gillingham, Joshua Gowers, aged 22 from Rochester, Darren Tyrell aged 23 from Sittingbourne and Desmond Schwartz aged 38 from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, were all charged on Friday evening with theft and handling and remanded in custody to appear at court on Saturday 15 September.

The four appeared at Medway Magistrates Court, and were remanded in custody to next appear at the same court on Friday 21 September.