23.10.2026 09:31
In the İskenderun district of Hatay, 1 ton and 360 kilograms of meat that had spoiled due to a cold storage malfunction while being sent from India to Uzbekistan and had been left at a garbage dump to be destroyed was seized just as it was about to be sold to citizens. In a joint operation by police and municipal police, 4 suspects were caught, and the products were also found in 4 separate residences where the meat was distributed. The meat was destroyed with heavy machinery.
Four suspects preparing to sell 1 ton 360 kilograms of meat to citizens—meat that had reached the port of İskenderun in Hatay by sea from India and spoiled when the cold storage facility malfunctioned while it was to go to Uzbekistan by road—and the meat were caught in a joint operation by municipal police and police.
Teams of the Hatay Police Department seized smuggled meat during checks on an open-bed truck they stopped on suspicion in İskenderun on October 21.
THE MEAT WAS COLLECTED FROM THE GARBAGE DUMP SITE
In the investigation by İskenderun Municipality municipal police and police teams, it was determined that the meat was in one of 40 containers in a shipment that had set out to be sent from India to Uzbekistan by sea. It was established that the meat, which had been left at the garbage dump site to be destroyed due to a malfunction in the cold storage facility, was taken from there.
MEAT WAS ALSO FOUND IN 4 SEPARATE HOMES
Continuing their work, the teams identified another light truck and a suspect linked to the incident. The products found in 4 different residences where the meat had been distributed were also taken under protection, and a total of 1 ton 360 kilograms of meat was handed over to municipal police and District Directorate of Agriculture teams to be destroyed. Four suspects were caught in connection with the incident, and the vehicles were towed to the impound lot.
The meat was destroyed by İskenderun Municipality teams with the help of construction machinery.