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Farmer distressed after criminals create giant spider-like figure in crops

Dorset Police Rural Crime Team said the incident has led to crop damage and significant financial losses to the farmer

Chris Brayford
clock 鈥� 1 min read
Police said criminals had damaged a farmer's field by carving out a massive spider-like figure out of the farm's crops. (Dorset Police Rural Crime Team)
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Police said criminals had damaged a farmer's field by carving out a massive spider-like figure out of the farm's crops. (Dorset Police Rural Crime Team)

A farmer has been left counting the cost of damage to a field after criminals etched a giant spider-like figure into their crops. Dorset Police Rural Crime Team said an unnamed farmer in the Cerne Abbas...

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