For a better experience on RCIPS, UPDATE YOUR BROWSER. Shortly after 11:00AM on Wednesday, 6 June, RCIPS community officers along with staff from the Department of Agriculture carried out an operation at an address on North Sound Road. During the operation an estimated 40 roosters which are suspected to have been used for cock fighting were recovered at the address. Further searches of the property resulted in a number of spurs, cutting implements and medication being recovered.
A man, age 32 of George Town, was subsequently arrested on suspicion of cruelty to an animal and unlawful gaming, he is currently on police bail as the investigation continues.