The case of nearly 20 missing COVID-19 test kits that seemed to be gone last week in Southern Arizona had a happy ending.
Tucson police say the man caught on surveillance camera taking the test kits was actually a third-party delivery driver for a company arranging to pick them up.
The tests were accidentally left out next to other deliveries that were slated to be taken to Sonora Quest Laboratories.
The perceived audacity of the presumed crime drew national coverage to Tucson and outrage.
***UPDATE***
— Tucson Police Dept (@Tucson_Police) March 24, 2020
The update to our previous post about a stolen batch of COVID-19 test kits can be found here: https://t.co/C8K4LNz4ZJ pic.twitter.com/i3aq4sAsyc
Fronteras Desk is a KJZZ project covering important stories in an expanse stretching from Northern Arizona deep into northwestern Mexico.