NBI probe on illegal vax sale to focus on NCR
THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will focus its investigation on the unauthorized sale of COVID-19 vaccines in the National Capital Region (NCR).
“I think the NBI is focusing on the NCR because this is where the demand for vaccination is high. I’m awaiting their initial report,” Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said.
The NBI is currently investigating allegations regarding the reported sale of vaccine shots and slots, especially in NCR.
This, as three individuals – one of them a nurse – have been recently arrested for the alleged selling of COVID-19 vaccines.
The NBI Task Force Against Illegal Drugs identified the suspects as Kour Singh, Calvin Roca, and Alexis de Guzman, a registered nurse in a hospital in Manila.
The three suspects were arrested in an operation on Wednesday, while another suspect is still at large.
Seized from the suspects was an icebox with 300 doses of Sinovac’s CoronaVac.
“The NBI is probing more deeply to find out the sources of the vaccines illegally sold and determine who else, if any, are involved. the possible sale of vaccination slots is also included in the NBI’s invest
The NBI is probing more deeply to find out the sources of the vaccines illegally sold and determine who else, if any, are involved. the possible sale of vaccination slots is also included in the NBI’s investigation, as this is precisely the original scope of my directive to the NBI,” Guevarra said.
