500 cattle stolen in Mash East. . . as police urge farmers to use ICT to curb stocktheft

CLOSE to 500 cattle were stolen in Mashonaland East province this year, with Chikomba district topping the list of stocktheft cases.

Addressing farmers at Jompani business centre at Featherstone in Chikomba district, officer commanding Mashonaland East province Commissioner Grace Ndou said despite stocktheft cases going down in the province 488 cattle were stolen between January and June this year.

“We want to inform you that for the period extending from January to June this year, a total of 293 cases involving cattle only were received, compared to 347 during the same period in 2021, resulting in a decrease of about 15,6%,” she said.

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