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How soil DNA could help catch illegal off-road riders
About This Program
A determined detective in Hertfordshire begins painstakingly piecing together a pattern of farm equipment thefts that crosses county lines. As the investigation rapidly unfolds, his hunch leads to a major breakthrough and the dramatic capture of two men behind a £44,000 crime spree. In Leicestershire, a specialist fire and rescue team joins forces with a local farmer to rescue a heavily pregnant cow that has found itself trapped in a swimming pool. In south Wales, reporter Paul Colgan meets the scientists pioneering an extraordinary new forensic technique that uses soil DNA to track illegal off-road bikers
Farm 999 broadcasts on BBC Two Northern Ireland at 10:00pm, Tuesday, 6 January 2026. (Subtitles, repeat)
