GOAT THIEVES RUN INTO TROUBLE

Story: Nana Konadu Agyeman, Koforidua

AN attempt by two persons to escape with two goats they stole at Adweso, a suburb of Koforidua, on Christmas Day failed when the vehicle they were using crashed into a refrigeration repair shop.
In the event, a 16-year-old girl, who was sitting near the shop, got injured and was rushed to the Koforidua Regional Hospital for treatment. Her name was only given as Alice.
Incidentally, the vehicle the thieves were using, an Opel Vectra Saloon cara, with registration number GR 3539 U, belonged to the owner of the goats.
According to an eyewitness, Kojo Boateng, a resident of the house where the animals were stolen, around 12.30 p.m., on December 25, 2007, the two robbers entered the house at Mile 50 and attempted to drive a number of goats out of their pen into the Opel Vectra.
He said the bleating of the animals alerted residents but before they came out the thieves had managed to escape with two of the animals.
The fleeing thieves who were hotly pursued by Kojo Boateng in another car with registration number GT 3688 Y, hit the front side of the Opel, forcing it to skid off the road before hitting the young girl and running into the refrigeration shop.
Bystanders, who thought the accident was an ordinary one, rushed to the rescue of the injured girl, leaving the thieves to escape before Boateng could reverse and narrate the theft to them.
When the Opel vehicle was searched two goats were found in the booth.