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Huge Fed/FBI Raid on Chicago Halal Goat Meat Slaughterhouse
Anyone out there hear any more on this curious story? The business is called First World Management. Spokesman Ross Rice would not say why agents were there, but the FBI said the raid began Sunday morning and ended in the late afternoon. They were at the plant about nine hours total. It was a huge operation, involving more than 100 agents, police officers and even what one believed to be National Guard troops.
Federal Agents Raid Goat Meat Plant
Kinsman, IL - Federal agents conducted a raid Sunday afternoon at a goat meat processing plant near Morris, Illinois. The secretive operation was led by the Chicago FBI office, the Feds are being very tight-lipped on what they found and why they were even there.
Spokesman Ross Rice confirms agents were at 6260 Kinsman Road, in Kinsman, Illinois. The business is called First World Management. Rice would not say why agents were there but said nobody was taken into custody
The FBI said the raid began Sunday morning and ended in the late afternoon. They were at the plant about nine hours total.
According to sources, the plant provides goat, beef and lamb meat which is prepared in the Halal way in accordance with Muslim custom.