Police in South Africa have arrested one of their ten most wanted criminals. And it's about time they did so. This thief was stealing cars left and right. It was about time they jailed him. They caught him with the goods, so to speak: parts from a brand new Corolla Conquest right there in his cart. Yep, caught him red-handed – er – red-hoofed. That's right, they busted the horse.
"We have apprehended a horse and two suspects for being in possession of a suspected stolen vehicle," police spokeswoman, Captain Lindiwe Mbatha told AFP.
"Cops patrolling the township pulled over a cart carrying a stripped body of a brand new car, a Corolla Conquest, suspected to have been stolen.
"The cart was drawn by a horse with two suspects on board. They were locked for being in possession of a suspected stolen vehicle and will appear in court within 48 hours," Mbatha said.
Mbatha said by law they were not allowed to leave the animal and its "stolen" load in the street while the suspects were taken to holding cells.
"The animal had to be taken in with its carriage and the suspects. We couldn't leave the horse on the road because it was carrying a suspected stolen car," she added.
The horse was, of course, the brains of the outfit. Everyone knows that horses are extremely miffed at automobiles for having more horsepower than they do. We'd recommend the miscreant get his just desserts. Or be made into his just desserts. Gelatin comes to mind.*
* Just a joke. Gelatin actually is not made from hoofs and horns. (And we know the horse was framed, too. It was actually the giant rats.)
