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Around 80 stolen dogs worth £40,000 found in police raid to be reunited with owners
Police have urged dog owners and breeders to be vigilant following the staggering amount of pooches and their puppies found in Briton Ferry and Carmarthenshire, Wales
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A police raid in Carmarthenshire found up to 80 dogs. (Image: NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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The owners of the stolen dogs have been identified and they have been returned home. POLICE have recovered a large number of dogs suspected to have been stolen in recent months at two locations over the weekend. Dyfed-Powys Police and South Wales Police attended two areas where dogs and puppies believed to be worth tens of thousands of pounds were found. South Wales Police observed several dogs being released onto common land from a nearby location in Briton Ferry and recovered six dogs on Saturday, January 23. The owners of these stolen dogs have been identified and they have been returned home. A further criminal investigation is ongoing.
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image captionPolice said the dogs stolen were often of incredibly high value
More than 80 dogs thought to have been stolen have been rescued by police during raids.
The dogs and puppies are said to be worth tens of thousands of pounds, Dyfed-Powys and South Wales (SWP) police forces said.
Between 70 and 80 were found in Carmarthenshire and another six in Briton Ferry, at the weekend.
The six have since been returned to their owners and an investigation into the thefts is under way. These dogs are not merely items of financial value, these are living creatures who feel pain and suffering and loss at being stolen and they are much loved family members in many instances, said Supt Cath Larkman, of SWP.
Covidiots fined as Gwent Police break up Caerphilly party MORE than 70 dogs worth tens of thousands of pounds were recovered in police raids in South Wales at the weekend – all of which are suspected to have been stolen. Following a joint operation between South Wales Police and Dyfed Powys Police on Saturday and Sunday, between 70 and 80 dogs and puppies were located in Briton Ferry, and at an address in Carmarthenshire. Superintendent Cath Larkman from South Wales Police said: “It needs to be borne in mind that these dogs are not merely items of financial value, these are living creatures who feel pain and suffering and loss at being stolen and they are much loved family members in many instances.