Balaclava-clad thugs go on the rampage in 30-car convoy terrorising villagers
Balaclava-clad thugs go on the rampage in 30-car convoy terrorising villagers
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A mob of 30 balaclava-wearing hare coursers who struck terror into the hearts of villagers and even disrupted fire crews are today being hunted by police. Thugs rampaged through countryside near the Fenland, Cambridgeshire, scaring residents witless, damaging a pair of fire engines, and nicking fuel from a local petrol station all while gunning their 4x4s across the landscape. This weekend chaos was spilt over into the communities of Manea, Wimblington, Welney, Chatteris, Fordham, Ely, Prickwillow, and Littleport.
![[The drone footage shows men running through the field once spotted]](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article34572042.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_Screenshot-2025-01-29-at-083235JPG.jpg)
The hare coursers' wild antics were captured on a video and shared widely online, featuring them brazenly speeding off-road across the fields, leering and yelling as they went. The mayhem took a sinister turn on Saturday when two fire engines ended up battered during what was supposed to be a routine firefighting drill, as the gang tore past, prompting outrage at this "appalling" and "shocking" wave of criminal behaviour.
![[The wave of criminal behaviour was branded 'appalling']](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article34571583.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/2_SWNS_CARS_TERRORISE_05_043938.jpg)
Thieves even struck Sisco Service Station in Wimblington, where more than £200 worth of fuel, snacks, and beverages were pinched. The cops are stunned by the sheer brazenness of this hare coursing episode, labelling it "unprecedented". A packed public meeting gathered in Manea on Monday (January 29), called into session by Tory MP Steve Barclay alongside Manea Councillor Charlie Marks, drawing a crowd of 300 locals. People listened intently as accounts of how these convoys carrying hoards of masked hooligans carved a path of destruction through farm fields and destroyed crops were shared.
![[Key people in the community spoke at the meeting]](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article34571586.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_SWNS_CARS_TERRORISE_04_043873.jpg)
