Published:
10:43 AM January 6, 2021
Updated:
11:06 AM January 6, 2021
Police have issued 29 Community Protection Orders on suspected hare coursers and seized 27 dogs in Norfolk since September
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Four men were detained on suspicion of hare coursing and were also issued fixed penalty notices for breaching Covid restrictions.
Police were called at 8.30am on Tuesday, January 5 to reports of three vehicles believed to be involved in hare coursing on Barroway Drive in Downham Market.
Officers attended but the suspected hare coursers had left the scene.
But with the help of local farmers, officers carried out proactive patrols in the area and detained four men at around 10.30am in the Downham Market and Outwell area.