Meat of dead sheep confiscated in Makkah

The Al-Shaqiyyah municipality in Makkah has confiscated 20 heads of dead sheep at the animal market before they were sold to the restaurants, municipality chief Mamdouh Bin Mohammed Iraqi announced. He said large quantities of livers, heads, lungs and intestines were also confiscated. During the raid on the animal market, a number of illegal butchers were arrested and handed over to the passport police, the official said. — SG photo and text by Badea Abu Al-Naja