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Police capture eel-smuggling suspect in Hampton Falls (wmur.com)
a bit more at the linkHAMPTON, N.H. Authorities have arrested a man they believe is involved in an international eel-smuggling operation.
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Police attempted to arrest the man earlier Friday, but he escaped wearing a set of handcuffs on one hand.
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The officer made contact and arrested one suspect, but failed to arrest the second suspect, who began fighting him. The officer pepper-sprayed the second suspect before he ran away into the woods.
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Police tracked the man down to a hotel in Hampton Falls and arrested him there Friday morning.
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State police said eel meat, sold overseas, can be worth $2,000 a pound.