The Clarendon police are reminding farmers to remain vigilant and to continue to work with them in clamping down on praedial larceny in the parish.
This reminder comes in light of the most recent attempt by thieves to deprive a farmer of his cows on Thursday, May 21.
Reports are that about 1:30 am, a farmer was alerted by a loud noise in the direction of where his cows were tied. When he got to the area he noticed that five of his six cows were missing and raised an alarm.
An extensive searched was carried out by the police, the farmer, other farmers, and community members who later found them in an adjoining community.
The cattle are said to value about J$800,000.
No one was taken into custody, however, the investigations are continuing, the police say.
When OBSERVER ONLINE tried to find out the names of the communities involved, the police were tight-lipped, saying they could not release that information to the media.
The police also reminded farmers to register themselves as well as their animals with the Rural Agricultural Development Agency (RADA) so that their animals can be issued with passports and have their DNA taken and placed in a database which allows them to be identified if stolen and recovered.
To report Praedial Larceny contact The Praedial Larceny Unit at 927-1731-50, Crime Stop at 311, police 119 emergency number or the nearest police station as well as the use Stay Alert App, which can be downloaded on smartphones for free from Google Playstore.
met a pare cow teefing ah gwan from last year because ah deh suh the money deh inna beef .. mi seh one a my good good friend get lock up cuz one man teef 2 cow sell him after him pay fi d cow dem and butcher dem and everything ..him hear seh police a look fi him cuz him teef cow … dwllll pare joke deh a country … the man thief the cow dem from smaddy and sell dem enuh and den tell the person weh own the cow dem seh my friend pay him fi teef d cow dem u ever hear nothing like dis .. so dem lock up my friend fi couple days now him in n outa court over d rass cow dem :ngakak
morning yes oo…and we have some dung deh eno…i will keep di cow dem under prayers
fi real met .. and u know cow love roam streets ah suh dem tek dem weh. haffi keep dem near