Police use drone to catch hare courses at a farm in Cleveland

Cleveland Police said three men had been caught hare coursing on private farmland in the Cleveland area with the help of a police drone operator

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Officers used a drone to help catch suspected hare coursing (Cleveland Police)
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Officers used a drone to help catch suspected hare coursing (Cleveland Police)

Three men have been left red-faced after being caught hare coursing on private agricultural land by a police drone. Cleveland Police had undertaken activity under Operation Checkpoint - a coordinated...

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