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REAL LIFE NEWS: WANTED - FISH THIEF

by Hazed

Police in the village of Heck in Scotland recently put out an appeal for information over the theft of some ornamental fish from a pond.

A total of 40 Koi carp had gone missing sometime between March 26 and April 15, worth an estimated £2,000. The owners reported the fish stolen to the Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary.

But the police have now withdrawn their appeal, and marked the crime as “solved”. Did they apprehend the miscreant and lock him up? Not exactly...

It turned out that the blame probably fell on an otter!

A spokesman for the force said: “After careful examination of the scene by a Wildlife Crime Officer, of the theft at The Heck, Lockerbie, it now transpires that the 40 Koi carp fish which were thought to have been stolen, have been taken by an animal, and probably an otter. As such no crime has been committed.”

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-17823826

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