Rural Life
Rural crime is a 'huge priority' for police in NI - PSNI
Rural crime is a “huge priority” for police, according to the rural crime lead for the Police Service of Northern...
Crime
Agri-Business
Illegal trade of fake pesticides and fertilisers scuppered in Europe
An illegal trading scheme in banned and fake pesticides and fertilisers that were potentially dangerous to consumers’ health has been...
Other
Norfolk: Police tractor catches lorry driver under the influence
A man has been disqualified from driving for 25 months after being caught by a Norfolk Police tractor while driving...
N.Ireland
Men due in court for cutting down ‘world-famous’ sycamore tree
Two men are due to appear in court today (Wednesday, May 15), after cutting down the “world-famous” sycamore gap tree...
N.Ireland
Land in Armagh suspected of being bought with fraud money
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) is investigating land in Co. Armagh suspected to have been purchased with fraud money....
N.Ireland
Haulier convicted of transporting unfit animal
A haulier from Co. Down has been convicted of one charge of transporting a bovine animal that was not fit...
N.Ireland
New PSNI awareness campaign to combat rural and wildlife crime
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has launched a five-week long policing operation to raise awareness and help combat...
Rural Life
First ever Welsh rural crime and wildlife strategy to be launched
The first ever made-in-Wales strategy to tackle wildlife and rural crime is to be launched at the Royal Welsh Showground...
Agri-Business
Appeal for information on 18 stolen cattle in Wrexham
The North Wales Police’s (NWP) Rural Crime Team is appealing for information regarding the theft of 18 cattle from Coxwood...
Other
First Criminal Behaviour Order issued for poaching in Yorkshire
A man from North Yorkshire has been issued a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) for poaching offences on private farmland in...
Other
Essex man jailed after arson attack on farm kills 120 pigs
A man has been sentenced to four years in prison for arson attacks on three farms, resulting in the deaths...
Sheep
Vehicle deliberately runs over 14 sheep in north Dorset field
A vehicle entered a field in north Dorset on Sunday (July 17) and deliberately ran over sheep, killing 14 altogether,...
Agri-Business
Welsh farm shops urged to up security following burglaries
Farmers in Wales are being urged to adopt more stringent security measures following a spate of burglaries from farm shops...
Rural Life
Oil theft: Crime prevention advice as cases rise
Police across the United Kingdom have issued crime prevention advice as cases of oil theft have increased. Agriland has compiled...
Rural Life
Disqualified driver sentenced for stealing cattle trailer
A 31-year-old man from Oxford Road, Gerrard’s Cross has been sentenced to six and a half months in prison for...
Sheep
Cotswold farmer sentenced after burying sheep in rotting potatoes
A Cotswold farmer has been sentenced to 26 weeks in prison after he pleaded guilty to 22 offences, including burying...
Rural Life
2t of fresh meat found to be cut and packed from car wash workshop
Over 2t of fresh meat was found to be cut and packed from the workshop of a carwash in Wiltshire....
Agri-Business
48 arrested in Italy after mafia-linked group defrauds EU agri-funds
Authorities in Italy, assisted by the EU’s anti-fraud office, have arrested 48 people in connection with a scheme to defraud...
