Humberside Police Rural Crime Alerts
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Latest Humberside Police Rural Crime Alerts
Humberside Police
Friday, 5 April 2024
Man charged with aiding and abetting 'inhumane slaughter' of pregnant Lleyn ewe in Scunthorpe
Humberside Police Rural Task Force said the remains of the Lleyn ewe, along with her unborn lambs, had been found in an alleyway
Humberside Police
Friday, 16 February 2024
High path avian flu case confirmed in Yorkshire
A new case of avian influenza has been identified in a commercial poultry unit near Driffield, Yorkshire.
Humberside Police
Monday, 5 February 2024
Yorkshire poultry farmer to pay out £28,000 after bird flu offences
An East Yorkshire poultry farmer has been ordered to pay out £28,000 after pleading guilty to four offences relating to an outbreak of bird flu.
Humberside Police
Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Yorkshire pig farmer on battle with Parkinson's and his painstaking fundraising challenge
Richard Longthorp said boxing has helped mitigate the symptoms of Parkinson's disease
Humberside Police
Friday, 1 December 2023
Two 'calculated criminals' jailed for stealing £200k worth of GPS kits
Two 'calculated criminals' have been sentenced to prison after stealing over £200,000 worth of high-value tractor GPS kits.
Humberside Police
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
Hare coursing suspects left with nowhere to run after being tracked by drone
Three men suspected of hare coursing near Goole “had nowhere to run” after being tracked by a drone.
Humberside Police
Thursday, 12 October 2023
Hare coursers banned from entering East Yorkshire and fined over £1,800
Three hare coursers have been banned from East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire and ordered to pay nearly £2,000 in fines.
Humberside Police
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
Suspected poachers abandon crashed car in East Yorkshire ditch
Poachers are believed to have abandoned a car nose-down in a ditch after it became wedged, police have said.
Humberside Police
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
East Yorkshire: Equipment stolen from two tractors
Humberside Police has reported that two 'John Deere Star Fire GPS Receivers and Screens' were stolen from two John Deere tractors whilst stored in a covered barn in a farm close to Wilberfoss.
Humberside Police
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
East Yorkshire Badger Protection Group appeal for help to tackle wildlife crime
A badger protection group based in East Yorkshire has asked for the public’s help in cutting crimes against badgers.
Humberside Police
Tuesday, 14 March 2023
Man handed East Riding's largest fine for breach of order for wildlife offences near Driffield
A man has been told to pay £1,281 for breaching an order handed to him for being involved in suspected wildlife offences in the Driffield area.
Humberside Police
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Bradford City player Kian Harratt fined for hare coursing
A BRADFORD City player has been fined for taking part in 'barbaric' hare coursing in the countryside.
Humberside Police
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Two men arrested following weapons and drugs bust at East Yorkshire farm
On Wednesday, September 28, officers from the Humberside Police Rural Task Force executed a warrant at a farm in Haisthorpe, alongside the neighbourhood policing team and Operation Galaxy following a reported theft.
Humberside Police
Thursday, 1 September 2022
Around 180 vehicles searched after three-day Police operation to combat rural crime
PC Josh Fawcett of our Rural Task Force leads the operation. He said: “Agricultural and plant vehicles are particularly vulnerable to theft, with assets sometimes stolen to order.
Humberside Police
Monday, 8 August 2022
East Yorkshire crop fire leaves field completely charred causing 'devastation' to farmers
This incident is just one of many fires that have broken out in East Yorkshire over recent weeks, as temperatures have soared to record highs. The local fire service have raised awareness of the issue and said this incident shows "the devastation caused to farmers' livelihoods when fire spreads so quickly in some of the driest conditions on record".