Phnom Penh Post - Cowardly cattle rustler loses nerve – and loot
Police think the pressure of being on the lam may have caused a thief to abandon some stolen buffalo in Pursat province’s Chamroeun Phal commune on Friday.
Villagers and police were recruited when a farmer noticed two buffalos were missing, with villagers finding one nearby and police locating the other alone in a rice field.
Authorities suspected that the cattle rustler knew he was at the end of his tether and abandoned his bovine contraband. Both were returned promptly home.
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