Man arrested as food crime unit seizes illegal meat

Dover officials say UK border plan has 'failed' as it stops 14.2 kg of illegal meat in just one week

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 2 min read
Authorities at Dover say the UK's border model has 'failed'
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Authorities at Dover say the UK's border model has 'failed'

A man has been arrested after 11kg of illegal bushmeat was seized in a National Food Crime Unit operation. Officers from the Food Standard Agency's NFCU, together with the police from Peckham Rye Safer...

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