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Two women, aged 24 and 27, will be charged in court on 29 April 2022 for their suspected involvement in a case of dishonest misappropriation and sale of antigen raid test (ART) kits from the Quick Test Centre (QTC) they were deployed at.

On 1 October 2021, the Police received a report that ART kits belonging to the Health Promotion Board were stolen from Tekka QTC Investigations revealed that the two women, who were deployed at the QTC, had allegedly misappropriated 103 boxes of ART kits from the QTC and sold 44 boxes of the misappropriated ART kits online for profit.

The duo will be charged with the offences of dishonest misappropriation of property with common intention under Section 403 read with Section 34 of the Penal Code, and for converting the stolen property as benefits from criminal conduct under Section 47(1)(b) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (‘CDSA’) with Common Intention read with Section 34 of the Penal Code.

The Police take a serious view against any person involved in fraudulent or dishonest conduct. Offenders will be dealt with severely in accordance with the law.