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Seven people from New York and Connecticut were arrested when police allegedly discovered what authorities are calling a large-scale illegal cockfighting ring in West Haven involving over 100 individuals from the tri-state area.

Police made the arrests on Saturday around 6:50 p.m. after responding to a building in the 200 block of Front Avenue on the report of an illegal cockfighting event, according to Sgt. Scott Allard of the West Haven Police Department .

Allard said police allegedly found “well over” 100 people gathered around a makeshift wooden ring. Numerous individuals fled when officers arrived. Seven suspects were apprehended after police allegedly discovered more than 30 live roosters, including some in boxes and others that were

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