Cameraphones to report on sheep rustlers

Hi-tech, modern satellite tracking equipment may be used to crack the age-old crime of sheep rustling, reports the BBC.

"Officers at Dyfed-Powys Police are considering the move in reaction to a steep increase in thefts of the animals. A new survey by the Farmers' Union of Wales shows that thousands of sheep are going missing each year.

"But it is very much in the early stages and cost and the feasibility of the scheme needs to be assessed."

In the meantime, the FUW president Gareth Vaughan urged people to use camera phones to capture images of rustling.

"Virtually everyone has a mobile phone, and mobiles with digital cameras are the latest must-have gadgets.

"I would appeal to anyone who has one of these camera phones and who sees something that looks suspicious to take a photograph of the incident".

"Photographs of lorries, trailers and number plates could be extremely useful."

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