An 18-year-old man is currently hospitalised after he was chopped by another man who alleges that the victim was trying to steal five of his ducklings valued at $5,000.
The victim has been identified as ‘Pops’.
According to the police, in a report made by the 52-year-old suspect, about 3:40am yesterday at his 67 Village, Corentyne home, he caught the man in his duck pen with five of his ducklings in a salt bag. The suspect said that he also noticed that the victim had a knife on him and as such, he armed himself with a cutlass.