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Vijayawada Municipal Corporation officers intercepted and seized a consignment of stale and rotten physique elements of goat and sheep sure to Machilipatnam at the railway parcel counter on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off by an nameless cellphone caller at round 9 a.m., VMC’s veterinary assistant surgeon Dr. Ravi Chand and his group visited the railway station.
At round 11 a.m., after the Howrah-Yaswanthpur Express arrived at the station, 14 sealed bins had been dropped off at the parcel counter by porters. Officials who grew suspicious over the contents of the thermocol bins opened them with the assistance of railway employees and located physique elements of goat and sheep in a decomposed situation. The consignment was believed to be despatched both from West Bengal or Odisha.
Officials traced the parcel recipient to 1 Kaza of Machilipatnam and had been unable to contact him because the cellphone quantity given was not reachable. The meat, weighing round one tonne, was buried at a dumping yard in Pathapadu close to the town.
Officials launched an investigation into the unlawful commerce and import of stale meat from different States. They suspect that the meat was imported to be bought within the district markets the place costs are larger in comparison with that in northern States. Further investigation is on.
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