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Stock thieves costing country millions

Source: 7.30 Report
Published: Monday, November 3, 2008 7:32 AEDT
Expires: Sunday, February 1, 2009 7:32 AEDT

They were once romanticised in bush ballads and yarns, but today stock thieves cost Australia tens of millions of dollars a year. On the trail of the cattle duffers is the stock squad a group of police officers trained in bushcraft and rural investigation.

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Tags: police, agribusiness, australia, qld

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