Around 50 sheep have been stolen from rustlers on a farm in Devon, police are now appealing for witnesses.
Devon police are appealing for anyone who might have seen anything suspicious in the Sourton area in West Devon on or before April 29.
The police are advising farmers to check their livestock and their tags.
Sheep rustling has seen a worrying increase. In this month alone, criminals stole a hundred sheep from farmland in the Yorkshire Dales, stole more than 30 sheep from a field in the Isle of Skye, Scotland and stole more than 50 sheep in a raid on a north-east farm in Scotland.
And in February, rustlers stole almost 100 sheep worth just under £13,000 in a farm near Falkirk.
Anyone with information about the crime in Devon is asked to contact police via 101@dc.police.uk or by calling 101 quoting CR/033035/17.
