Rewards paid to catch New Mexico poachers

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Albuquerque police paved the way for the Crime Stoppers concept to take off back in 1976 across the country, and soon, New Mexico led the way in catching lawbreakers of a different kind.
Operation Game Thief, in short, is the “Crime Stoppers for wildlife.” Those who hunt and fish illegally can be turned in through the program started by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish in 1977.
Online, a number of solved cases are highlighted, ranging from an