Thousands of USAID wheat flour bags found in Faisalabad warehouse

The owner said he bought old flour from USAID and intended to use it as fuel in brick kilns.

FAISALABAD: Thousands of wheat flour bags meant for flood victims were discovered in a warehouse in Faisalabad, ExpressNews reported on Thursday night.

During a raid by local authorities, thousands of bags of wheat belonging to the international aid agency, US AID were discovered in a warehouse. The flour contained in these bags had rotted and was not fit for human consumption.

A Faisalabad resident, and a cattle feed trader, Abdul Razzak bought the flour off US Aid and stored it at his Saifabad warehouse in Faisalabad.

A local administration raid on the warehouse discovered and subsequently recovered the bags of flour. Razzak though fled the area.

Assistant Commissioner Faisalabad Zaheer Japh said that the absconding owner had provided a letter of purchase from US AID for the bags of flour.

Razzak maintained that he had not bought the old flour with the intention to resell it. In fact, the owner said the old flour was to be used as fuel in brick kilns.

Some sources said that Razzak's primary occupation was dealing in animal feed. The flour could also be used in the preparation of animal feed, they said.