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Farmer refuses to let fly-tippers leave after dumping waste near Warwickshire estate

Warwickshire Rural Crime Team said they made the offenders clean up the rubbish they had fly-tipped close to the Packington Estate

Chris Brayford
clock • 1 min read
Officers arrived on the scene and made the offenders clean up the rubbish they had fly-tipped near the Packington Estate (Warwickshire Rural Crime Team)
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Officers arrived on the scene and made the offenders clean up the rubbish they had fly-tipped near the Packington Estate (Warwickshire Rural Crime Team)

A quick-witted farmer from Warwickshire has helped police to catch fly-tippers 'red handed' dumping rubbish near a country estate. Warwickshire Rural Crime Team said they received reports of two men...

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