Wildlife officer finds fish dumped on Plymouth roundabout
THERE'S been something fishy going on in Mainstone, claim police.
Patrol officers found the strangest fly-tipping they have seen in years after spotting silvery-looking items by the side of the road in Plymbridge Road, by the Wrigley's factory.
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Acting Sgt Ryan Canning, who also happens to be the Plymouth Wildlife Crime Liaison Officer, said he and his colleague were out on the hunt for criminals and poachers at around 3.50am on Thursday when they encountered the unusual haul.
He said: "As we drove by it caught my eye. I went over to look and found someone had dumped a load of fresh mackerel on the grass.
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"It was really fresh. It must have been caught that day. There was about two dozen of them, left on the grass verge.
"They'd been left a short distance from the Plymbridge Woods, but mackerel are a saltwater fish, so they'd been caught at sea by someone and left here."
To prove the find to disbelieving colleagues, Acting Sgt Canning took a photo of the fish which he posted on a social networking site.
He said: "I think its the first time I've found fish dumped at the side of the road.
"We decided the best thing to do was to leave them there as a breakfast treat for the local wildlife and the seagulls."
Comments
by Bob_Wickerman
Monday, June 25 2012, 9:30PM
“PASSERBY 1-"Somebody's dumped some fish"
PASSERBY 2-"Pollocks?"
PASSERBY 1- "It's true I tell you!"”
by swoop4
Monday, June 25 2012, 3:13PM
“Obviously a slow news day. Had a gap and they had to fillet.”
by pointyheeeed
Monday, June 25 2012, 12:26PM
“A roundabout is no Plaice for fish!”
by CornishPirate
Monday, June 25 2012, 8:55AM
“@markcollings - Sorry that there's no rape or murder going on at the moment!”
by pogle63
Monday, June 25 2012, 8:10AM
“Just what you need leave them there for seagulls in Plymbridge - nothing like encourageing the nasty bloomin things to feast inland.”
by swoop4
Monday, June 25 2012, 7:19AM
“Nice photo. Clearly shows the scale of the problem”
by markcollings
Sunday, June 24 2012, 7:19PM
“Brilliant , absolutly brilliant , i love stories like this , all the rest of the country's local papers are reporting rape, murder , arson, civil unrest and the Plymouth herald gets the scoop of the day " fish dumped on roundabout " .
Major stories like this i hope they keep them coming . arn't you pleased you live in Plymouth.”
by Bob_Wickerman
Sunday, June 24 2012, 6:55PM
“I hope the police investigate and don't try to skate over the incident”
by swoop4
Sunday, June 24 2012, 6:28PM
“I think they're a dab hand at it.”
by PL1Plym
Sunday, June 24 2012, 9:17AM
“I see all the fish puns are starting to flounder!”