Cattle safer now

Cattle safer now

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: West Nusa Tenggara is now
slightly safer after the local police declared war against cattle
thieves.

The province's police chief Col. Moechlis Moechtar said the
campaign against thieves in many villages have proven effective.

Police have distributed bamboo gongs to households in areas
where cattle thievery had been rife, Moechlis said.

He said that in Narmada district in the West Lombok regency
there has not had any reports of missing cattle since the
operation was launched. Previously, there were at least three
reported cases of stolen cattle each week. (emb)