BANGKOK, Aug 19 (TNA) – Police and officials of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) arrested two men for allegedly selling antiviral drug favipiravir made in China and Japan without permission.
The suspects were identified only as Korakot, 33, and Parit, 30.
Mr Korakot was arrested at a warehouse on Pradiphat 10 Road in Phaya Thai district with 2,026 favipiravir pills in 43 unregistered boxes worth about 500,000 baht.
On Aug 17 police first apprehended Mr Parit for allegedly selling a certain amount of favipiravir without permission. He told police he had bought the drug from the other suspect via the LINE chat app user, “Alice.Prohub”.
Police quoted Mr Korakot as saying that he had ordered the antiviral drug from China and Japan and resold it online at 8,000-15,000 baht per box without seeking permission from the FDA.
Consumption of the drug could be fatal because the FDA had not certified its use, officials said. (TNA)
