Police arrest 2 for selling used COVID vaccine vials overseas

3 March 2021, 9:34 pm

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Police detain two Israelis on suspicion of selling used vials of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine to buyers overseas.

The two central Israel residents, aged 45 and 19, are suspected of negligent care with a medication, violating the pharmacists’ ordinance and stealing from an employer.

Police say that as part of his work, one of the suspects had access to used vaccine vials and took some home to sell on the internet, which a relative helped him with.

Dozens of empty vials were found during a search of the suspect’s home, police say.

Each bottle could fetch $100, according to a police statement, which adds that investigators were aware of at least nine vials sold to buyers in the US, Italy and France.