Partnerships key to tackling rural crime

NFU vice-president Rachel Hallos said collaboration was critical in clamping down on rural crime, agricultural thefts and hare coursing, and called on the Government to implement a national rural crime strategy

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Partnerships key to tackling rural crime

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