P1.4-M mosquito coils, repellents seized in Mindanao
AN estimated P1.4 million worth of unregistered mosquito coils and repellents being sold in Mindanao region was seized by agents of the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in a sting in General Santos City, PNP-CIDG director Brig. Gen. Romeo M. Caramat Jr. said yesterday.
The entrapment operation on the national highway in Lagao, General Santos City conducted by undercover officers from the local CIDG and police office led to the arrest of Elgin Villa, the secretary/cashier of Benta Rice 169 Corporation.
The accused was placed under arrest after she sold to a poseur P1,000 worth of unregistered Puma mosquito coil without a Certificate of Product Registration from the Food and Drug Authority.
The operation resulted in the confiscation of an official receipt issued by the suspect, 693 cases of King Ma mosquito coil, 222 cases of Fuma mosquito coil, 70 cases of Baoma Black Mosquito Repellent Incense Spirales Anti-Mosquitoes, 153 cases of Banma High-Quality Black Mosquito Repellent Incense Lengen Micro-Smoke, 11 cases of Popa mosquito coil, and 128 cases of King Ma Aerosol insecticide.
Caramat said his men conducted the operation amid an information that the establishment is selling unregistered mosquito coils and repellents.
The FDA has consistently warned the public on the purchase and use of products without CPR as it is in gross violation of Republic Act 9711 or the FDA Act of 2009.
A CPR is a certificate necessary for the marketing or free distribution of a product after evaluation of its safety, efficacy and quality by the FDA.
The confiscated pieces of evidence together with the arrested person were brought to the CIDG Sarangani Provincial Field Unit for proper documentation and disposition.
