| Chicken |
A stolen trailer
carrying a 12-metre shipping container with 24 tonnes of chicken, valued
at about R400 000, has been recovered in Verulam, north of Durban,
police and private security said.
Colonel Thembeka
Mbhele said the trailer and container packed with chicken was spotted on
the side of the road near Osindisweni Hospital in Verulam at about
06:00 on Tuesday.
"Police were
alerted and the initial investigation revealed that they were stolen
from Umbilo (Durban). The trailer and the container were handed back to
their lawful owner," she said.
No arrest has been made at this stage and police investigations are continuing.
Prem Balram,
spokesperson for Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA), said it was
established that the stolen goods were valued at approximately R400 000.
"It is alleged that
the contents of the shipping container were imported from Brazil... The
contents of the container are generally used to manufacture processed
chicken products such as polony, sausages and burgers," he said.
He said it was
believed that the suspects had stolen the wrong trailer as they had
intended on stealing one containing dressed poultry.
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