Farm manager arrested on suspicion of stealing 900 head of cattle in MS

The 61-year-old manager of a farm in Amambai was arrested this week, suspected of participating in the theft of hundreds of heads of cattle from the property. According to the Civil Police, the man had worked at the site for around 30 years and had used the owner's trust to remove and sell the animals without authorization.

According to the investigation, the thefts would have occurred over more than a year, in shipments carried out little by little. The manager would be responsible for organizing the removal of the cattle and would have had the help of other people linked to the farm's activities.