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Four arrested as four tonnes of illegal meat seized

Police and food crime squad target cutting plant in West Midlands

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 2 min read
Four men have been arrested after illegal meat was seized from a cutting plant in West Midlands
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Four men have been arrested after illegal meat was seized from a cutting plant in West Midlands

A criminal investigation has been launched after four men arrested and more than four tonnes of illegal meat removed from an unapproved meat cutting plant in the West Midlands. A partnership operation...

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