Honda 4x4 seized by police after crashing into ditch as officers target hare coursers

Officers seized the vehicle on Tuesday following reports of hare coursing in Chatteris.

A spokesman for Cambridgeshire police said; "We were called at 1pm yesterday (19 January) with reports of a car in a ditch in an area of land off Sixteen Foot Bank near Chatteris.

"The occupants of the car had ran off by the time the incident was reported.

"Officers attended and recovery of the car was arranged."

Earlier in the day, more suspected hare courses were stopped by police.

The spokesman said; "We were called at just before midday yesterday (19 January) to reports of hare coursing in Hook Drove, Wimblington.

"Officers from our Rural Crime Action Team attended and one man was subsequently reported for hare coursing and dispersed from the county."

It comes one day after Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire officers worked together to break up a large planned meeting on the county border.