Thermal imaging cameras used in Northumberland. A team of sniffer dogs in North Tyneside helped to find more than 30,000 illegal cigarettes. And finally North Tyneside YMCA have put a call out for financial support as they continue to help the community.
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00:00 I'm Imogen Holland, time for your North East News update.
00:05 New thermal imaging cameras are being used by police in Northumberland to help find missing
00:09 people and tackle rural crime.
00:11 The cameras can be used to track suspects, identify poaching and wildlife offences and
00:16 help locate missing people across Northumberland's countryside.
00:20 A team of sniffer dogs in North Tyneside have helped to find more than 30,000 illegal cigarettes.
00:26 Sniffer detection dogs Copper, Griff and Bran are trained to locate tobacco in hidden compartments.
00:32 They uncovered the illegal cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco from premises in Whitley
00:36 Bay and Walsend.
00:38 And finally, North Tyneside YMCA have put a call out for financial support as they continue
00:42 to help the community.
00:44 The services serve more than 800 hot meals as part of their Community Meals Initiative
00:49 but they are expecting an increase as the winter months come in.
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