Four suspects are being held in remand while police look for another four wanted in connection with the theft of 52 goats from a Penang dairy farm over the weekend. Police say that the herd was worth RM50,000 (US$12,500).
Forty-two of the goats were later killed, and their meat was sold at a Kulim, Kedah market in the north of the country, netting the thieves between RM20,000 (US$5,000) and RM30,000 (US$7,500). They were allegedly found to be selling the stolen meat for RM42 (US$10) per kilo.
By the time officers were finally able to catch up with the suspects, only 10 goats from the original herd remained.
On Saturday, the owner of the farm lodged a police report at a Seberang Prai police station, saying that he had discovered that his gate had been left wide open at 1:20am that morning. Inside he found four of his Burmese employees tied up, and all of his goats gone.
Investigators will hold the four arrested suspects in custody until Oct. 29 while they continue to search for the other half of the group.
