Man arrested for poisoning villagers' cattle
Published: 2013 August 26 16:55:09 (4861 Views)
A 46 year-old man from Gweru, Zimbabwe, has been arrested for allegedly poisoning five cattle, which belonged to different villagers after they strayed into his farm.
Acting police spokesperson for Midlands province, Assistant Inspector Ethel Mukwende confirmed the arrest of Franil Hamandishe of Brooming Farm.
She said the incident occurred on Wednesday when plot holders at Durham Farm on the outskirts of Gweru along the Gweru-Matobo road discovered carcasses of their cattle at Brooming farm.
Asst Insp Mukwende said the owner of Brooming farm, Hamandishe was now in custody assisting police with investigations.
"Circumstances are that on Wednesday at about 8am, police in Gweru received a report that five heads of cattle belonging to different villagers were found dead at Brooming farm which is owned by Franil Hamandishe.
"Police who attended to the scene then arrested Hamandishe after it emerged that the cattle could have been poisoned," said Asst Insp Mukwende.
She said a postmortem on the dead beasts by the Veterinary Department revealed that the cattle died from poisoning.
"Police also recovered some poisoned silage at Hamandishe's farm," said Asst Insp Mukwende.
The acting Midlands police spokesperson said Hamandishe was due to appeared in court facing a charge of malicious damage to property.
- Newsbite
Acting police spokesperson for Midlands province, Assistant Inspector Ethel Mukwende confirmed the arrest of Franil Hamandishe of Brooming Farm.
She said the incident occurred on Wednesday when plot holders at Durham Farm on the outskirts of Gweru along the Gweru-Matobo road discovered carcasses of their cattle at Brooming farm.
Asst Insp Mukwende said the owner of Brooming farm, Hamandishe was now in custody assisting police with investigations.
"Circumstances are that on Wednesday at about 8am, police in Gweru received a report that five heads of cattle belonging to different villagers were found dead at Brooming farm which is owned by Franil Hamandishe.
"Police who attended to the scene then arrested Hamandishe after it emerged that the cattle could have been poisoned," said Asst Insp Mukwende.
She said a postmortem on the dead beasts by the Veterinary Department revealed that the cattle died from poisoning.
"Police also recovered some poisoned silage at Hamandishe's farm," said Asst Insp Mukwende.
The acting Midlands police spokesperson said Hamandishe was due to appeared in court facing a charge of malicious damage to property.
- Newsbite
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