Police say restaurant sold dog meat as lamb

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Chinese restaurant in Moscow is being investigated for butchering stray dogs and selling the meat to diners as lamb, Russian police said on Tuesday.

"A woman reported to the police that sacks containing something alive, that was moving and whining, were being loaded into the restaurant at night," a police spokesman said.

"We went to the restaurant to check the meat... and carried out tests," the spokesman said. "We found it was of poor quality, dangerous for your health, and from an unusual animal -- that it was dog meat."