French police seize black market masks

As many as 1,40,000 face masks meant to sale on the underground market have been seized by the French police.

The police have arrested a businessman in connection with the crime. The businessman has been while he was unloading the masks into a residence in Paris.

It is the biggest seizure the police have made in the recent history.

France is one of the most Covid-19 affected countries in this part of the world. The demand for masks in this country is very high.

The police have conducted raids in different part of the country. In the coming days, similar raids will be conducted across the country in order to prevent the injection of low quality masks into the market.

In the recent past, the Asian country of China seized as many as 89m poor quality face masks.

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