Intelligence driven operations and diligent detective work by members of various Stock Theft Units within the province were boosted with the arrest of six (6) suspects and recovery of suspected stolen stock comprising of eight cows, ninety eight (98) and carcasses of two (2)sheep and one (1) pig.
Sixty six (66) sheep were stolen at Mayibe village and discovered 40 km away at Tabase A/A and positively identified as belonging to a local subsistence farmer with the help of the local traditional authority on 01 December 2017. The sheep were reported stolen on Friday night and recovered in an uncultivated fenced ploughing field by detectives who were investigating the case. it is alleged, the owner of the sheep attended a funeral and left a relative in charge who briefly left the homestead and came back only to discover that the sheep were missing.
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