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Farmers urged to be vigilant as pair sentenced for large theft of livestock
Queensland Police are reminding farmers to remain vigilant against livestock theft after two men were sentenced following an operation by Cloncurry Major and Organised Crime Squad (MOCS) Rural in what is believed to be one of Queensland’s largest cattle theft cases in decades.
A 58-year-old Capalaba man was on Monday (July 12) sentenced to two years imprisonment and paid restitution after pleading guilty in the Townsville Magistrates Court to stealing 280 head of unprocessed cattle.
This follows the sentencing on June 18 of a 36-year-old Atherton man, who was sentenced to three years and nine months imprisonment in the Cairns District Court for stealing 664 head of unprocessed cattle.