Cuts of horsemeat are displayed in a shop window at the 'Serge Guerinet' horse butchery in Rosny-sous-Bois, near Paris, April 30, 2013. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands' national prosecutor's office said on Saturday it had detained three suspects as part of a French-led investigation into illegal trading in horse meat.
Dutch prosecutors said in a statement the three had been detained after searches of 15 buildings across the country. The investigation is being coordinated in several countries by the European Union agency Eurojust.
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