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image captionCare worker Beverley Standen found her beagle puppy Kaz had a Romanian microchip
A woman said she was left heartbroken after learning a puppy she bought online had been smuggled into the UK illegally.
Beverley Standen, a care worker from Carlton in Nottinghamshire, bought a beagle puppy called Kaz for £1,500.
But weeks after she bought it, she found the dog had a Romanian microchip and would have to be quarantined.
Nottinghamshire Trading Standards said the dog was one of 11 to have been brought to the area illegally in 2020. Very distressing
Miss Standen told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) that when she had bought Kaz, she was told she had been been vaccinated and microchipped.
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16:44, 6 JAN 2021
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Puppies being illegally brought in to the country and sold to unsuspecting customers have been tracked down by trading standards officers in Nottinghamshire.