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Nottinghamshire Police are investigating the theft of seven horses from a field in Annesley, Ashfield. The five pregnant black and white cob mares, and a mare and its foal, are each worth approximately £2,000.
Witnesses saw some lorries go into the field, but assumed the trucks had been sent on behalf of thE breeder.
Meanwhile, following the discovery of 5.4 million Regal and Superkings cigarettes in his truck load apples in April, 30-year old Hungarian HGV driver Norbert Dusnoki has been jailed for 32 months.
HM Revenue & Customs says the haul had arrived at Portsmouth ferry port, from Caen, FrancE Dusnoki pleaded guilty at Portsmouth Crown Cour to fraudulently evading Elm in revenue on the smuggled goods.
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