4 people arrested in Pak for importing liver meat from India

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Press Trust of India Peshawar
Last Updated : Dec 27 2015 | 3:22 PM IST
Four members of a gang allegedly involved in importing sub standard liver meat from India to Pakistan were today arrested and tonnes of meat seized during a raid here.
The district administration and officials of theFood Department ina joint raid seized tonnes of liver meat and sealed the warehouses where it was stored in Gulbahar and Haji Camp areas of Peshawar city.
District Nazim Peshawar Muhammad Asim initiated theaction afterreceiving complaints that daily one container of imported liver meat from Indiawas being dumpedin the warehouses in Peshawar city and withinhours supplied to eateriesinMardan, Kohat and other districts of Khyber Pakthunkhwa.
The officials raided the suspected warehouses and seized tonnes of sub standard liver meat and also nabbed four members of the gang, an official said.
The liver meat is first imported to the UAE from India and then to Karachiand after that reaches Peshawar in 45 days. The meat is almost rotten and stinks when it reaches Peshawar, he added.
In July this year around 160 kilogrammes of liver meat imported from India was destroyed by authorities inPeshawar city.
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First Published: Dec 27 2015 | 3:22 PM IST

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