Four arrested for selling fake plastic eggs in Karachi

KARACHI: The Sindh Food Authority (SFA) arrested four people on Monday during a raid conducted at a shop for selling fake plastic eggs in Clifton area. 

Police arrested four persons including two wholesalers and one retailer after disclosure of selling of fake eggs at a shop in Khayaban-e-Sahar.

The sources revealed that the two crates of the eggs allegedly made of plastic were recovered .during the raid by the food authorities.

The sus[pect confessed to police that the eggs were being supplied to Karachi from Gharo.

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The food authority staff also recovered more than 100 crates of eggs from the supply van.

Sindh Food Authority in a statement said, “Preliminary inspection suggests that the eggs recovered from the shop were made from a plastic material.” 

According to the SFA statement, “The confiscated eggs have been sent to the laboratory for further tests. Eggs were also kept in a truck along with genuine chicken eggs.”