Buffalo meat worth ₹35 lakh to be exported goes missing in Mumbai, trailer driver booked

Mumbai city news: The container was dispatched in a trailer on April 18, and was supposed to be exported by 17th of this month. However, it never reached the port.

A container loaded with 14 tonnes of buffalo meat went missing from Nhava Sheva on Monday.

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The consignment was supposed to be exported to Vietnam from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Navi Mumbai. The value of the meat in Indian market would be around 35 lakh, Nhava Sheva police said.

According to the police, the consignment was sent from a company called Maria Frozen Ago Food Private Limited in Taloja. The container was dispatched in a trailer on April 18, and was supposed to be exported by 17th of this month. However, it never reached the port.

“When the company officials learnt about it last week, they tried to contact the trailer driver, but to no avail. They later approached us and registered a complaint,” said a police officer from Nhava Sheva police station.

“The company officials have informed us that there were a total of 730 cartons of the meat and each carton consisted of 20 to 25 kilograms of meat,” he said.

The police suspect that the driver of the trailer sold the meat to some other people before reaching the port.

“One person alone cannot execute such a big task. We think more people were involved with him. We have registered a case under sections 407 (criminal breach of trust by carrier) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the accused,” another police officer said.