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Packages of frozen meat have been found on the side of roads in Epping, and police are trying to figure out how they got there.Epping police said it looks like someone was deliberately throwing the meat along the road, but they don't know why. The packages of meat were thrown out about every 100 to 200 feet."I think it's absolutely bizarre," resident Patti Dix said.The packages were found Sunday."It's packaged from a store, professionally packaged and sealed and frozen," Sgt. Richard Cote said.Some of it was high-quality meat."There was a pack of Angus beef, real expensive stuff," Cote said. "A 20-pound pack of chops. You know, some real expensive, high-end meats."Dix lives in the neighborhood and said she saw some of the meat Monday."You see trash all the time up and down the road, but the meat is spooky," she said.Resident Barbara Vaughn was walking her dog in the neighborhood Tuesday and said she hadn't heard the news. She said she was concerned about what would happen if dog got into the packages."I didn't even know about it, but we're heading down there, and he would eat it, and then what's going to happen?" she asked.Police said that's one of their concerns, because they don't know if the meat has been tampered with. But as they try to track down who is responsible, police said they have a few tips."The tags were all ripped off, but we were able to find two tags that were not ripped off, so we have done some investigation and kind of back tracked it to its source," Cote said.Police said that whoever is responsible would face a charge of illegal dumping, a misdemeanor punishable by a fine.Get the WCVB News App