Suspects who are yet to be identified arrived in two cars in the Korangi Industrial Area on July 5 and left with five expensive goats that did not belong to them, police said on Wednesday.
Police have obtained the CCTV camera footage of the incident. The suspects had broken the lock and chain to get at the five goats. Officials said that further investigation is under way.
On July 3, a bid by suspects looking to whisk away six goats in a rickshaw from Ghazi Town had been foiled by the animals’ owner, who later filed a complaint at the Malir City police station.
According to his complaint, the robbery attempt was made by three men who had arrived on the scene on a motorbike and in a rickshaw. The six goats were kept in a room adjacent to but outside the owner’s house.
The owner told the police that the neighbours had alerted him to the attempted robbery, following which he came out of the house and began to shout in protest. Other neighbours also emerged outdoors, prompting the suspects to flee.
On July 1, three sacrificial animals had been stolen from the Bagh-e-Korangi area. The CCTV camera footage of the robbery showed three men on a motorbike stealing three cows around midnight. The animals were worth over Rs300,000.