Published July 30, 2021, 3:18 PM
National Bureau of Investigation
A barangay kagawad (councilman) and his companion have been arrested for “selling vaccination slots” for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Tondo, Manila, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Friday, July 30.
NBI Officer-in-Charge Director Eric B. Distor identified the two arrested persons as Barangay Kagawad Arturo Flores Magtalas and Benjie Lagasca Montaos.
Distor said they were arrested during an entrapment operation conducted by agents of the NBI’s Special Action Unit (NBI-SAU) last July 24 at the vaccination site at Gen. Vicente Lim Elementary School in Tondo. Seized from them were P60,000 in marked bills paid by NBI agents who posed as clients.