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Police arrest five poachers in dawn raids
Sussex Police investigating a deer poaching operation in the Rother area of East Sussex made five arrests following dawn raids.
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More than 50 officers seized firearms, animal carcases and meat, including venison and wild boar.
Five men were arrested under the 1991 Deer Act.
Chief inspector Heather Keating said: This is not a local poacher taking one for the pot, but a highly organised and criminal gang taking wild animals for big profits.
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