Brochures and bleeds

Hey yo,
Please please please help - I'm due to make a multi-page A4 brochure with artwork on A3 paper folded. All the artwork obtained by advertisers are of sizes A4, A5, and A6 have 3mm bleeds - understandable.
However when I want to place all 4 A6 designs onto one page for example, the bleeds overlap in the center (I am currently just opening the pdf into illustrator drag and drop onto workarea). Is there a simple trick to removing the bleeds or a general consensus amongst designers in how bleeds are dealt with / why they're requested when combining on a single page? All artworked submitted is in pdf format and without removing manually in PS (which may effect the original bleed area) I'm stumped.
Owh

Sounds like a job better suited for Indesign.
Anywho.. You can create a clipping mask to hide the extra bleeds you don't need. Simply draw a rectangle that encompasses the area you want to show, then select the artwork and the rectangle and choose Object > Make > Clipping Mask.

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