A Lewisham teenager and a man from Rochester have been bailed after nine bags of suspected cocaine were seized from a car.

The car was stopped on Royal Engineers Road in Maidstone on Thursday for not displaying its lights.

A Kent Police statement read: "The officers noticed one of the occupants was acting suspiciously and both were arrested on suspicion of possessing Class A drugs.

"A search was completed and the officers seized nine bags of suspected cocaine, some cannabis and a quantity of cash."

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The driver, from Rochester, was a man in his 20s and the passenger was a teenage boy from Lewisham.

Both have been bailed to return at the station on June 26 while police investigate further.