Trio arrested for selling used face masks in Thailand

Medical staff in protective gear work at a 'drive-thru' testing center for the novel coronavirus disease of COVID-19 in Yeungnam University Medical Center in Daegu, South Korea, March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

BANGKOK (Bernama): Thai police made a revolting discovery when they raided a house in Saraburi Province in Central Thailand on Monday (March 2) and learned that at least 200,000 used face masks were distributed to the domestic market.

Acting on a tip-off, police raided the house in Nong Suang subdistrict in Saraburi Province and found six workers busy sorting, washing and ironing the face masks as well as repackaging them in boxes to be sold as new.