Police in Fort Portal have three people in their custody after being allegedly caught red-handed selling over 40 kilograms of rotten meat to area residents.
Dr. Stanley Businge the Fort Portal city veterinary officer confirmed the incident and the suspects are Bashir Rajab, Clovis Isingoma, and Majid Musisi who were found with meat from three different cows and a goat.
Dr. Businge disclosed that the suspects were intercepted on Tuesday 15th November 2022 evening while carrying out his routine inspection exercise.
Businge added that he found the suspects selling the rotten meat from wooden boxes in an isolated bushy area behind Mpanga market.
He said that rotten meat is unfit for human consumption and can result in disease-causing infections when consumed.
Businge says that the suspects will be charged with violating the public health act, meat rules and regulations, and suspected theft of livestock.
He adds the suspects will have to produce evidence of where they bought the meat from or slaughtered the animals because towards the Christmas festive season animal theft is rampant.
Businge revealed that in Fort Portal cases of animal theft have been on the increase where 101 animals were stolen between July–October this year.
The suspects were handed over to Fort Portal central police station as investigations continue. Wrotten meat can cause terrible sickness, health officials said.
