Over six tonnes of unhygienic meat seized, destroyed in Rawalpindi

Six tonnes of meat destroyed by health officials.

RAWALPINDI: Pirwadhai police, with the help of the district health department, seized over six tonnes of unhygienic meat on Thursday from a store on Boring Road and arrested four men.

A case was registered against the suspects, while 6,000 kg of meat was destroyed by health officials.



According to Pirwadhai SHO Mustafa Kamal Niazi, the police, following a tip-off, raided a meat shop owned by Zahoor.

He added a team of district health department and doctors were called to check the product and they declared it unfit for human consumption.

Four people, including two butchers, were arrested at the shop.

Of them, two were rickshaw drivers who would supply the meat to the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The policeman added a fake stamp of the Sihala Slaughterhouse was also recovered from
the shack.



Those in custody were identified as Khan, Waqas, Faisal and Usman.

A case was registered against the accused under the Punjab Animal Slaughter Control Act. Replying to a query, the SHO said the meat was brought from Mandi Bahawaldin, Sargodha and Bhalwal on five trucks. Zahoor and truck driver are still at large.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 18^th, 2016.