‘Hot meat’ seized in Cagayan

TUGUEGARAO CITY- Government workers seized 30.9 kilos of undocumented meat in Baggao, Cagayan on Tuesday, the Baggao Information Office reported on Wednesday.

At a checkpoint in Mocag village, members of the Anti-African Swine Fever Task Force seized the meat, which was stacked in three cardboard boxes that were being transported by a motorcycle on Tuesday. 

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The motorcycle rider, whose name was not revealed for data privacy protection, had failed to produce documents and a permit from the National Inspection Meat Service.

Ghenir Manding, a Baggao town agriculturist, told the police that they would file charges against the rider./coa