Risking being the butt of jokes, Greek police, who’ve been criticized for being unable to catch thieves or tax evaders, chased and arrested a runaway goat after a slow-hoofed pursuit around the harbor of the Peloponnesian city Kalamata. It was apparently on the hoof and on the lam at the same time.
Instead of trying to hoove-cuff the animal, they tied its horns and took it the police station, presumably not for questioning, but to try to identify from where it came and to whom it belonged.
Authorities said they believe the goat, one of millions in Greece, somehow slipped away from a farm around the city until it was seen stomping around a coastal road by a woman who called the police and reported it.
Police, including a DIAS motorcycle squad, tore to the scene before the goat could get away and found the animal strolling around Navarinou Square. Police, in a tow truck, surrounded the goat who apparently didn’t resist arrest or try to escape, put it on the ground and tied it by the horns before it could say “BAAAA!
Witnesses took photos and videos of the arrest as police led the goat to the police station. There was no word if anyone said, “Book’em,” or if the animal was a scapegoat or an escaped goat.
Here is a video of the arrest.
[youtube]9q2ahZ7ogek[/youtube]
See all the latest news from Greece and the world at Greekreporter.com. Contact our newsroom to report an update or send your story, photos and videos. Follow GR on Google News and subscribe here to our daily email!
