Goat thieves on rampage

The stolen goats and the taxi

The Abura Dunkwa District Police Command is seriously hunting for three young men who went and stole eight goats at Kwamankese in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese (AAK) area on October 20, 2013 around 1:30pm.

The goats and the taxi cab, with registration number AW50X, which was used in executing their operations, are being kept by the police for further investigation.

Briefing DAILY GUIDE on Tuesday, the AAK District Police Commander, DSP Bernard Twum Berimah said his outfit received information that some goat thieves were carrying goats from Ayeldu to Kwamankese.

DSP Twum Berimah stated that he then dispatched his men to chase the thieves and caught up with them at Ampeseduadze where the thiefs were heading towards Saltpond.

He added that the thieves, upon seeing the police vehicle, abandoned their vehicle and the goats and ran to the bush.

The police boss hinted that effort by the police to trace their whereabouts proved futile.

DSP Twum Berimah noted that a search conducted in the vehicle revealed a mobile phone, driving licence and some cone.

He pointed out that, a man by name Benjamin Marcathy, who came to the station claiming to be the owner of the taxi cab, had been arrested assisting in an investigation.

The police boss told DAILY GUIDE that, upon further interrogation, the car owner hinted that the driver came for the car early in the morning with an explanation that he was going to wash it, but he waited till the afternoon when he had information that the car had been impounded by the police.

DSP Twum Berimah stressed the need for those involved in rearing animals to take good care of the animals and not to expose them to danger.

Source Daily Guide Ghana News

Goat thieves on rampage