Drone investment helps force beat hare coursing syndicates

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Drone investment helps force beat hare coursing syndicates

Investment in drone technology has paid off for a rural crime team with a multiple seizure of off-road vehicles linked to illegal hunting.

Caught in the act: Illegal hare coursers as seen by Cambridgeshire's drone

Date - 29th December 2020
By - Chris Smith

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Cambridgeshire’s rural crime team has scored a series of arrests and vehicle seizures as part of a winter campaign against offenders involved in illegal hunting and animal cruelty – with drone technology having a major role in the...

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