A FRENCH court on Thursday handed a one-year prison sentence and a fine of 10,000 euros (£8,780) to a man caught selling face masks on the streets of Paris, flouting a government order to reserve all masks for frontline medical staff facing shortfalls because of the coronavirus pandemic.
It was the first conviction in the capital after several people were charged when police discovered illicit stocks of masks in recent weeks, a legal source told French media. Police found some 20,000 of the highly-protective FFP1 and FFP2 masks during a raid on the man’s home in Paris’ 19th arrondissement after an investigation was launched last weekend.
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