Cramped cattle rustling

Bungling cattle rustlers in Malaysia only just managed to escape being caught when the vehicle they were using for the theft broke down. The thieves were clever enough to use a blowpipe and tranquiliser darts to make the animals sleepy enough to steal.
March 27, 2014 Read time: 1 min
Bungling cattle rustlers in Malaysia only just managed to escape being caught when the vehicle they were using for the theft broke down. The thieves were clever enough to use a blowpipe and tranquiliser darts to make the animals sleepy enough to steal. However they had not thought so carefully with regard to their choice of getaway vehicle. The thieves crammed four of the unfortunate cows into a Proton passenger car, which proved unable to cope with the added weight and broke down a short distance from the farm where the theft had been committed. Police managed to extricate the animals from the vehicle and return them to their owner. Two of the thieves escaped on a motorcycle although the driver of the car had to depart on foot when the vehicle ground to a halt under the strain.

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