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Vegan activists 'spying' on farmers with drones

The Government was recently asked how it is protecting farmers from being 'spied' on by vegans

Chris Brayford
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Security Secretary Dan Jarvis said: "The Home Office, working closely with policing, has built a national counter-drone capability to equip police with the capabilities they need to detect and mitigate the illegal or malicious use of drones."
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Security Secretary Dan Jarvis said: "The Home Office, working closely with policing, has built a national counter-drone capability to equip police with the capabilities they need to detect and mitigate the illegal or malicious use of drones."

Animal rights activists have been targeting farm businesses with the use of drones in order to 'spy' on them, politicians have warned. Rutland and Stamford MP Alicia Kearns told the House of Commons...

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