A man has been charged with driving a motor vehicle without insurance following a routine stop by Kent Police in Northfleet.

Calvin Lumedo, 20, of Mearns Place, Chelmsford, Essex, was arrested at about 3.55am on Monday after officers requested a routine stop check on the vehicle he was driving in Hall Road.

The two occupants inside then fled the scene, having stopped the vehicle.

A police helicopter was called to assist officers and Lumedo was found and detained a short while later in Mitchell Avenue, Northfleet. The passenger in the car was not found.

He will appear before Medway Magistrates’ Court on September 13.