Horace Fisher, Star writer

A policeman who was instrumental in busting a major livestock stealing ring in Clarendon has himself become the subject of a major investigation, after scores of the animals disappeared while they were under police watch.

According to the aggrieved cop, after removing the more than 100 stolen cows and goats from the suspect's Race Track premises in May, the animals were removed to the Denbigh Showground for police safe- keeping.

To facilitate the return of the animals, farmers who supposedly lost livestock would identify and collect what was earlier reported stolen.

"I swear, none of us sell the animals. Farmers come and collect what they say a fi them," insisted the disgruntled police officer following a MOCA interrogation.

"The problem started when farmers come to pick up stolen animals If the farmer seh he lost x amount of white cows, he was given x amount of white cows, that's where the problem started," the cop insisted.

He also complained that the day-to-day care of the 70 cows and some 35 goats was completely left up to the police, and when the annual Denbigh show was. approaching, the cops were under added pressure to get rid of the livestocks.

"It look like say them did take police fi cowboy or something, a we have to care for the animals. Every day police a walk a chop grass to feed cow and goat," he lamented.