Sheep theft and offenders caught.

Paddington

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Location
Soggy Shropshire
First night in Shropshire, we were sat in a pub having a quiet drink when were approached by three blokes who had been looking at us from the bar. They knew who we were and where we lived and brought us a round of drinks, we thanked them and bought them a round, to which they bought us another round....My head was beginning to nod and they suddenly realised they could get a last round in at another pub several miles away. We weren't driving, but apparently the three had been drinking since 6pm and did that regularly before driving home.
 

john432

Member
Location
Carmarthenshire
One thing puzzles me..by all accounts the Smokies business is still thriving in West Wales. So where do the sheep come from? So let's say hypothetically, I have 50 old ewes to sell to a Smokie buyer... they would be sold for cash...with no movement licence.. so the only get out is wait two weeks, then report the sheep stolen, get a crime number for the records, and if I was on the ball, I'd have insurance to cover the livestock against theft. Win ,win ,win.
 

manhill

Member
Shropshire has something like 10 police covering the whole county including Shrewsbury and Telford on an evening and sometime the territory extends to cover a chunk of Herefordshire too and of that the armed response unit are held in reserve. When you need them the nearest unit might be 30 miles away or more and tied up dealing with a domestic incident or someone having a mental health crisis. Criminals operate with impunity and the situation is only set to get worse. When the likelihood of conviction is low the implications of conviction need to be severe.
Exaggeration? 10 police, surely not?
 

Hfd Cattle

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Hereford
Got a friend in CID and he says that criminals watch faceache like a hawk and if there's is a major incident in one area taking up a huge police source then they will spring into action elsewhere !
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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