Two men have been charged with alleged thefts from a village high street store.

Officers and a police dog were called to Minster High Street near Ramsgate at 2.20am on Wednesday after alarms went off at the business.

Within half an hour, Lee Kennelly, 39, of no fixed address, and Kelvin Barham, 36, of Becket Avenue, Canterbury were both arrested.

The pair have since been charged with carrying out a burglary and appeared in Folkestone Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

Mr Kennelly is also accused of five counts of theft relating to alleged shoplifting in Ramsgate, Margate and Canterbury between January and April this year.

Both men were remanded in custody and are due to appear again on April 20.