Three men and two boys are on bail after having been arrested on suspicion of hare coursing.

A Sible Hedingham landowner alerted police to the alleged incident shortly after midday on March 7.

Two men from Basildon aged 31 and 37, a 27-year-old and 16-year-old from Grays, along a 14-year-old from Wickford were all arrested on the same day.

They have been released on bail to return to the Braintree station on April 29.

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