Seven nabbed for selling allegedly overpriced face masks in Cavite

March 25, 2020

A Filipino-Chinese and a Malaysian together with five others were arrested for allegedly selling overpriced face masks  in Carmona, Cavite on Tuesday.

Lai Geou Tee, 28, a Malaysian  and Filipino-Chinese  Hasan Meahar Asana, 43, were arrested by agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) during an entrapment operation in front of a shopping mall in Barangay Maduya at around 9:30 p.m.

Maj. Gen. Joel Napoloen Coronel, CIDG director, said the other suspects as Ma. Anelia Delos Reyes, 60, Micah Salvador 27, Vanessa Zolayvar, 35, Dennis Realon, 29, and Bienvenido Alvarez, 52, an ambulance driver.

Coronel said they received a tip  the suspects are selling overpriced and expired face masks through Facebook at P300 each, way above the standard retail price of P28 per piece

The suspects yielded 931 plastic packs of face masks worth P1.3 million. Police confiscated a Hyundai H-100 utility van with ambulance markings. DMS