Five illegal meat transporters held in Mangaluru

Mangalore | Wednesday | 18th April, 2018

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The value of the seized meat, vehicles and mobile phones is estimated to be Rs 14.25 lakh, the SP said . Police will send samples of the meat to forensic testing, he added. Those arrested at Kukkedi are M Ashraf of Karinja post in Bantwal and Razeem of Bunder in Mangaluru.While 450kg of beef was seized from the trio, police recovered 400kg from the duo. The sleuths recovered 850kg of beef from the accused and seized the SUVs.On Tuesday, SP B R Ravikanthegowda stated in a release that those arrested at Guruvayanakere junction are Mushtaq of Kudroli in Mangaluru taluk, Muhammad Kabir of Golthamajalu and Abdul Jabbar, of Thumbay, in Bantwal taluk respectively. MANGALURU: The sleuths of the district crime intelligence bureau (DCIB) headed by police inspector Sunil Y Naik during night rounds on Monday intercepted two sports utility vehicles (SUVs) in separate incidents at Guruvayanakere junction and Kukkedi and nabbed five persons who were illegally transporting beef in it..