Pair face court over alleged cattle rustling operation in Western Australia

An investigation into the alleged theft of $800,000 worth of cattle is likely to widen with forensic accounting and telephone intercepts to be brought before court within a month.

Gascoyne pastoralists Richard Bernard Arends, 43, and Rachael Elizabeth Third, 37, appeared before the Carnarvon Magistrates Court on Monday to hear the charges laid against them.

These included six counts of stealing, six counts of property laundering, and one count of receiving, in relation to the…