Gang involved in black-marketing of virus treatment injection busted
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A team of a news channel reportedly exposed a gang in Lahore involved in black-marketing of Actemra injection, which is being used for treatment of coronavirus patients.
The team in a sting operation exposed a gang of six members, which was minting money by black-marketing the injection.
The injection has a market price of Rs12,000, but it was being sold at a staggering Rs250,000 to Rs600,000.
The officials also recovered several vials of Actemra from the gang members. “The gang was contacting family of a coronavirus patient on Whatsapp and demand an inflated price for the injection,” Model Town Assistant Commissioner Zeeshan Ranjha said. They were also taking money in advance and escaping without delivering the medicine, the official said.
In this sting operation, six members of the gang were arrested.