Twenty-four puppies discovered in squalid conditions in the back of a van have been rehomed with the police officers who rescued them.
More than 40 dogs including chihuahua crosses, border collies and beagles were found crammed in crates in August, all in poor health.
Two concerned members of the public had called the police after witnessing a concerning scene in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
A van was then stopped on the M6 with the malnourished animals packed inside - all suffering without food or water.
Police initially believed the dogs, aged between five and eight weeks, had been stolen but now think they had been on a journey from a puppy farm.
MORE than 20 rescued puppies which have been nursed back to health after it is believed they were bred on a puppy farm have been rehomed. Back in the summer two eagle-eyed members of the public called Gloucestershire Constabulary after they were concerned about what they had seen in the van in Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. It was soon brought to a stop by police on the M6 and more than 40 malnourished puppies were found crammed inside with fears they had been stolen. A man was subsequently arrested on suspicion of the theft of the puppies. Police believe they had been travelling since the previous evening and the pups were crowded in crates with no food or water with many critically ill and too young to have been separated from their mothers.
MORE than 20 rescued puppies which have been nursed back to health after it is believed they were bred on a puppy farm have been rehomed. Back in the summer two eagle-eyed members of the public called Gloucestershire Constabulary after they were concerned about what they had seen in the van in Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. It was soon brought to a stop by police on the M6 and more than 40 malnourished puppies were found crammed inside with fears they had been stolen. A man was subsequently arrested on suspicion of the theft of the puppies. Police believe they had been travelling since the previous evening and the pups were crowded in crates with no food or water with many critically ill and too young to have been separated from their mothers.
MORE than 20 rescued puppies which have been nursed back to health after it is believed they were bred on a puppy farm have been rehomed. Back in the summer two eagle-eyed members of the public called Gloucestershire Constabulary after they were concerned about what they had seen in the van in Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. It was soon brought to a stop by police on the M6 and more than 40 malnourished puppies were found crammed inside with fears they had been stolen. A man was subsequently arrested on suspicion of the theft of the puppies. Police believe they had been travelling since the previous evening and the pups were crowded in crates with no food or water with many critically ill and too young to have been separated from their mothers.