East London Stock Theft Unit recovered eight cows and arrested two male suspects aged 23 and 28 for stock theft after they were found with sheep carcasses they could not prove positive ownership of.
Six of the cows were found in a forest tied with ropes to nearby trees while two, were recovered tied with ropes in a bushy areas in two different locations in Chalumna and Maclean. Both suspects are expected to appear in court on Friday, 8 December 2017 at East London Magistrates court.
Another twenty two sheep were recovered in an abandoned house at Dalasile and Nkondlo village in Qumbu and compounded by Qumbu Saps. Police are still looking for the owner or anyone who have recently lost such a number of sheep to visit Qumbu police in order to identify and provide positive proof of ownership.
EC Provincial Commissioner-Lt Gen Ntshinga congratulated the members for the successes and vouched that his component and all the units will do their utmost work, working hand in hand with community members and stock owners to fight the scourge of stock theft that tends to be a regular occurrence during the festive season and beyond.
“Our deployment must focus on key festive season pillars that instruct members to investigate all the cases related to wildlife, endangered species, marine species and combatting stock theft. This breakthrough and successes proves that Stock Theft Units are on the right track,” she added.
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