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Police arrest Palapye trio for two stolen cattle carcasses

Cattle PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Cattle PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Following a tip-off, police in Palapye have arrested three men found in possession of two cow carcasses in the early hours of Saturday.

According to Assistant Superintendent Goletwa Kethamile, the assistant commander of Palapye Police Station, the officers caught the trio offloading the meat at one of the suspects’ yards in Palapye.

He said the men failed to account for the carcasses when questioned by the police. Kethamile revealed that preliminary investigations show the cows were stolen and slaughtered at a cattle post on the outskirts of Radisele.

Editor's Comment
Deadly weekend demands immediate vigilance

The heartbreaking reports carried elsewhere on this publication of a woman killed in Metsimotlhabe and four family members perishing near Metsimaswaana Bridge are, devastatingly, not isolated incidents. They represent the sharp, painful tip of a weekend that has seen far too many collisions, injuries, and losses on the roads. This alarming spike in fatalities is a screaming siren we cannot ignore. It compels a direct and urgent plea to every...

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