Cattle thieves squeeze four live cows into small car

Thieves in Malaysia had to abandon their car after it broke down when they had squeezed four stolen cows into it.

They had used a blowpipe to tranquillise the animals before loading them into their Proton Wira motor but the motor broke down under the weight of the beasts.

One cow was placed in the boot and the other three squeezed into the rear of the car.

'They managed to drive away from the farm they'd stolen them from but broke down a short distance away,' said Chin Soo Song, deputy police chief of Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia.

Police said the thieves are still on the run.