UK | Law enforcement stepped up at WH-listed Hadrian's Wall vs. looters with metal detectors
POLICE officers are set to patrol Hadrian’s Wall because it is being plundered by rogue metal detectorists.
The treasure hunters — known as ‘nighthawks’ — are stealing ancient artefacts from sections of the 1,900-year-old Unesco World Heritage Site.
https://www.metro.news/police-sent-in-as-rogue-metal-detectorists-plunder-hadrians-wall/1703455/