Agri-Business
Fly-tipping rise: NFU backs new national waste unit to tackle crime 'nightmare'
The National Farmers’ Union has backed the launch of a new national waste unit, hoping it will help in the...
Rural Crime
N.Ireland
Investigations ongoing following ‘criminal damage’ to JCB
Investigations are ongoing into criminal damage done to a JCB machine in Co. Down last week. The incident occurred late...
Rural Life
Farm owner handed 18-month sentence following animal cruelty prosecution
The owner of a farm in Olveston, South Gloucestershire has been handed an 18-month custodial sentence with immediate effect along...
N.Ireland
Red diesel stolen from quarry prompts investigations
The theft of a “substantial amount” of red agricultural diesel has led to investigations by members of the Police Service...
N.Ireland
Criminal damage investigation on bales slashed in Fermanagh
An investigation is ongoing into criminal damage where bales of silage were slashed in Co. Fermanagh recently. In a statement...
N.Ireland
Drivers stopped for ‘running on Ribena’ in Down
Two cars were stopped for running on “Ribena juice” – or red agricultural diesel – in Co. Down yesterday, Thursday,...
Rural Life
NFU launches online rural crime hub for farmers
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has launched a new online service for farmers and growers to get advice on how...
Rural Life
Operation Stock: 3 men charged over illegal sheep butchery offences
Three men have been charged with conspiracy to steal over a series of illegal sheep butchery offences across Northamptonshire this...
Rural Life
Charges made after man was shot twice during Lancs farm incident
A man has been charged by police investigating an armed robbery on a farm in England, where the occupier was...
Rural Life
6 poachers trespassing on farmland ‘facing prosecution’
A number of men who were found to be poaching hare and trespassing on farmland in Co. Kildare are “now...
Rural Life
Farmer given suspended jail sentence for animal neglect
A livestock keeper from Stoke on Trent has been given an 18-week suspended jail sentence and ordered to pay £1,500...
N.Ireland
Appeal for info following overnight theft of Ford Ranger
An appeal for information has been issued by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) following the theft of a...
Rural Life
Operation Stock: 25 more sheep illegally slaughtered
Police in Northamptonshire are urging witnesses to come forward after 25 more were found illegally slaughtered at a farm in...
Rural Life
Police stop stolen tractor after 25-minute chase…at 14 miles/hour
Police in Lincolnshire in the UK stopped a stolen tractor last night, Thursday, September 5, with a squad car road...
N.Ireland
Police investigate attempted ATM theft in Enniskillen
Detectives are investigating an attempted ATM theft in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, during the early hours of this morning, Thursday, September...
Rural Life
Safety warning after medicated lambs illegally slaughtered
Police have issued a warning over the sale of potentially dangerous illegal meat after officers discovered the illegal slaughter of...
Agri-Business
Police boss beefs up pioneering rural crime taskforce
Three extra police constables will be added to the North Wales Rural Crime Team, bringing its numbers up to 11...
Rural Life
More than 700 sheep illegally butchered in England since February
Gangs behind a spate of illegal field butchery incidents have killed and stolen the carcases of more than 700 sheep...
