Armed Poachers Caught on Christmas Night in Oxted

While you were sleeping on Christmas Day, Surrey Police officers were hard at work apprehending two armed poachers on Titsey Hill in Oxted. Just before midnight on December 25th, officers spotted suspicious activity in the woods, leading to a dramatic and successful operation.
Guided by the National Police Air Service (NPAS), our armed response officers tracked and detained two men in an armed stop. The suspects were found with an air rifle and a sack filled with dead pheasants. Anas Abdulla Azizi, 21, from Brighton, and Sirwan Muhammad Salih, 41, from Derby, were arrested and later pleaded guilty to night poaching at Guildford Crown Court. Both have been ordered to pay compensation.
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