Police seize items from popular Chirk Car Boot Sale
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Along with Trading Standards officers, two police officers from the rural policing team attended to look at the operation on the site.
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They conducted a number of checks and seized items.
While they were there, police searched a linked vehicle under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
The vehicle, a Ford Transit, had no insurance and was seized by police.
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