Detectives from the Mareeba Rural and Stock Crime Squad have appealed to rural communities across their vast Far North patch to stay alert and provide assistance as they work to curb livestock theft and damage to farming properties.

Mareeba Rural and Stock Crime Squad officer in charge Detective Sergeant Ben Cross said theft and malicious damage to livestock and equipment costs farmers millions of dollars annually in revenue and loss of productivity.

They are seeking the community's assistance after several fences were cut on a property near Mount Garnet in November and December.

Investigations indicate that between Friday, October 24 and Saturday, December 13, several sections of barbed wire boundary fence on a property on Brownville Road were cut, and unknown people have entered the property.

Police are appealing for anyone with information or relevant dashcam vision, particularly anyone who may have seen any people or vehicles on Brownville and Coolgarra Roads, to come forward.

“It is frustrating to landowners, when fences are damaged, but it can also pose serious harm to the community with livestock able to wander onto roads,” Detective Sergeant Cross said.

“This is peoples’ livelihoods, and people need to remember that hunting and camping on land without permission is an offence.”