Smuggled poultry meat seized in Osh region
The State Service for Combating Economic Crimes has detected a fact of smuggling poultry meat into Kyrgyzstan. Press service of the state agency reported.
DAF truck with a trailer was reportedly stopped on Osh — Nookat highway, not far from weight and dimensional control point Nookat. Boxes with poultry meat (duck breasts) with a total weight of about 17 tons were found in the truck. Driver had no accompanying documents for the cargo.
A criminal case under article 204 (smuggling) of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic was opened. The investigation is underway.
Recall, Kyrgyzstan introduced a temporary ban on the import of poultry meat and eggs from Almaty and North Kazakhstan regions of Kazakhstan due to the spread of bird flu.
