Police Raid Scottish Shooting Estate

27/03/2008 15:26:22 March 2008. NORTHERN Constabulary together with officers from Tayside, Lothian and Borders Police and Grampian Police yesterday (20 March 2008) carried out an operation to target wildlife crime in the Badenoch, Strathspey and Nairn area.

Around 50 officers supported by officials from the National Wildlife Crime Unit, RSPB Scotland, Scottish Government Rural Payments Inspections Directorate (SGRPID) and the SSPCA took part in the day long operation which was the culmination of a lengthy planning process.

A substantial number of items were recovered during the searches of several properties and locations in the Badenoch, Strathspey and Nairn area. Inquiries will continue over the coming weeks and months.

Birds of Prey Poisoned
We believe that the estate that was raided was Glenlochy Moor. Glenlochy Moor lies in an area where several birds of prey are thought to have been poisoned in the last few years; it is also believed to be managed by Mark Osborne, who manages the Snilesworth Estate where three game keepers were convicted of trapping birds of prey just last month.