Police swoop on hare coursing gang
SLEAFORD area police swooped to stop an illegal hare coursing gang in its tracks last week.
As part of the Not In My Neighbourhood Week initiative against anti-social crime a police team raced to reports of hare coursing at Great Hale Fen.
Officers, led by new Cranwell and Heckington community beat manager
Pc Martin Green, tracked three vehicles and up to 15 people with dogs suspected of hare coursing in the Sleaford area.
They were assisted by farmers acting as spotters with binoculars.
Two of the three cars, a Subaru Impreza and a Land Rover, were stopped. All the occupants were found to be from the London area.
They were reported for summons to appear in court on suspicion of hare coursing while the cars, worth an estimated 2,000, were impounded.
Sgt Vicky Midgley said: "We keep the cars under the Hunting Act until the matter goes to court and then the court will decide what will happen to those vehicles, whether they are forfeited or the owners get them back.
"It is a positive impact for the local landowners and villagers surrounding Sleaford. Hare coursing will not be tolerated."
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