Police Regional Office 3 (Central Luzon) on Thursday announced that a total of 12,500 kilograms of “hot meat” worth P2.3 million was seized in Marilao, Bulacan, resulting in the arrest of seven people in a police operation.
In a statement, Central Luzon police chief Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio Peñones Jr. said the operation was carried out after barangay peacekeepers on patrol discovered the illicit transfer of suspected double-dead meat from a wing van to a refrigerated truck in Brgy. Sta. Rosa 1, Marilao, around 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
He said the incident was immediately reported to the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) and Marilao Police Station.
The confiscated meat has since been turned over to NMIS for proper disposition, while charges for violation of Republic Act 9296 or the Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines are being prepared against the suspects before the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor in Malolos, Bulacan.
