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²ÝÁñÉçÇø in the Cheriton Fitzpaine, Crediton and Stockleigh English areas are facing significant loses to their livestock

Farms, rural businesses and charities were targeted by the organised crime group

Trained community volunteers will be deployed to provide drone support to live police incidents

More than 22,000 tonnes of waste were illegal dumped on the site which officers first responded to in July 2025

Writing from his family’s farm in Cumbria, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian online content specialist Tom Ryder reflects on the reality of rural crime, after thieves targeted both his family farm and, recently, Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat

National Rural Crime Action Week runs from September 6 to 11

The television star has told the thieves to ‘put them back’ after discovering the sheep missing

Items including a JCB dumper truck, horseboxes a generator and a trailer were recovered

Two farms just miles apart reported barn fires in the early hours of Sunday (August 22) morning

²ÝÁñÉçÇø should not be left paying to clear waste dumped on their land, the CLA said, as the Prime Minister announced a crackdown on organised waste crime