Iran Press/Europe: It is the largest seizure since the French government banned the resale of protective masks to prioritize their distribution to health workers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, AFP reported.
Two individuals were arrested while they were unloading boxes in Saint-Denis, just north of Paris, a police source said on Sunday.
One of them said he was a business owner and had bought the masks, including 5,000 high protection FFP2 masks, in the Netherlands for a total of €80,000.
The masks were to be sold to construction workers for a large profit, according to the police.
In March, 32,500 masks were seized from a warehouse near Paris and 28,800 masks were discovered in a shop in the Paris region.
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