MUMBAI: In the middle of the night, police cars were in hot pursuit of thieves on a dusty road in India, finally catching them and recovering the goods. But it wasn’t gold jewellery the gang had stolen, it was eight donkeys.
The animals were being rustled from Maharashtra state and sold in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, where some communities believe eating donkey meat can increase strength and virility.
The gang was selling each donkey for Rs10,000 ($152), R R Sayad, an assistant police inspector, said.
The thieves had modified a pick-up truck with stalls so they could nab up to 10 donkeys at a time and had made several trips in the last few months, Sayad said.
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