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Man arrested as food crime unit seizes illegal meat

Dover officials say UK border plan has 'failed' as it stops 14.2 kg of illegal meat in just one week

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Authorities at Dover say the UK's border model has 'failed'
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Authorities at Dover say the UK's border model has 'failed'

A man has been arrested after 11kg of illegal bushmeat was seized in a National Food Crime Unit operation. Officers from the Food Standard Agency's NFCU, together with the police from Peckham Rye Safer...

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