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Latest Lincolnshire Police Rural Crime Alerts
Lincolnshire Police
Friday, 24 March 2023
Lincolnshire Police Rural Crime Action Team seize vehicle on A17
Lincolnshire Police Rural Crime Action Team seized the lorry after discovering it had no tax.
Lincolnshire Police
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
Lincolnshire Police put out hare coursing warning after four men were arrested in Crowland
Lincolnshire Police have aimed a stark warning at anyone considering hare coursing in the county.
Lincolnshire Police
Monday, 20 March 2023
Spalding man charged with possession of kit that can be used to kill birds of prey
He was arrested after a warrant was executed in Spalding in March 2021.
Lincolnshire Police
Friday, 17 March 2023
Spalding-area farmers urged to be 'vigilant' about scam
Farmers are being warned to ‘remain vigilant’ following news of a scam going around the area.
Lincolnshire Police
Tuesday, 14 March 2023
Four men charged with hare coursing offences in Lincolnshire
Four men have been charged with hare coursing offences after Lincolnshire Police received several reports from the Common Drove area of Spalding.
Lincolnshire Police
Sunday, 12 March 2023
Two men fined £12,000 under new anti-hare coarsing law
Two men have been ordered to pay out more than £12,000 after being charged with hare coursing offences under new laws designed to curb the devastating crime.
Lincolnshire Police
Tuesday, 7 March 2023
Man 'made threats with bladed weapon' and fled with hundreds of pounds from village shop
Police are investigating reports of a robbery after a man allegedly made threats with a bladed weapon and fled with a large sum of cash from a village shop near Gainsborough
Lincolnshire Police
Monday, 6 February 2023
Rural crime officers catch man with suspected stolen fish
Police and Environment Agency officers are stepping up patrols along rivers and water courses in the Boston area after catching a man with stolen fish.
Lincolnshire Police
Wednesday, 9 November 2022
Lincolnshire: Hare coursing suspects in 4x4 blamed for crop damage
Lincolnshire Police said the incident was reported on 5 November, shortly before a dispersal order was put in place in the south of the county.
Lincolnshire Police
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
Suspected car thief and drug driver snared by police on Lincs border
A team of specialist officers from East Bassetlaw Police, which serves Retford and its surrounding villages, caught the two men independently of each other on quiet country lanes.
Lincolnshire Police
Friday, 14 October 2022
Lincolnshire Police investigates suspected bird of prey poisonings
Lincolnshire Police's Rural Crime Action Team (RCAT) is investigating the suspected poisoning of three birds of prey in the Belchford area of Horncastle.
Lincolnshire Police
Friday, 7 October 2022
Suspected poisoning of three birds of prey
Lincolnshire Police’s Rural Crime Action Team (RCAT) are investigating the suspected poisoning of three birds of prey in the Belchford area of Horncastle.
Lincolnshire Police
Thursday, 22 September 2022
Stolen vehicles and property recovered in Screveton as Rushcliffe police officers arrest two people
The force said it will take every opportunity to detect offences and deter those committing crimes on rural residents.
Lincolnshire Police
Saturday, 27 August 2022
Ford Ranger pick-up truck stolen from Sempringham
A trailer was later found in Aslackby by rural crime officers.
Lincolnshire Police
Saturday, 13 August 2022
Heartbreak after quad bike and £30k equipment stolen from Tattershall Farm Park
"You name it, they took it," farm owner Marie Morrell said. She estimated the cost of replacing all of the stolen equipment would set the family back about £30,000.
















