

<b>EXCLUSIVE
By Hugh Dunnett, Crime Correspondent

Police in Norfolk are being armed with pitchforks in a desperate bid to combat rural crime, it was revealed yesterday.</b>

Officers have been instructed on how to use the fearsome forks for crowd crontrol, seld defence - and all-out attack against the most hardened Norfolk criminals.


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The news comes just days after police in neighbouring Suffolk were handed guns and told to shoot suspects on sight to cut back on expensive paperwork bacl at the station.

Norfolk police spokesman Noah Clowes said: "Pitchforks are the weapon of choice in Norfolk, and the criminals know how much damage it can inflict.

"We have supplied rural beat bobbies and all traffic officers with a well oiled, sharp pitchfork, and already crime numbers are falling.

"There was an incident near Norwich when a speeding motorist was unfortunately impaled to death, but other than that things have gone brilliantly."

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