Breast implant maker’s founder arrested, police say
The founder of a French company that makes breast implants linked to a health scare was arrested Thursday, the French national police said. Poly Implant Prostheses (PIP) founder Jean-Claude Mas was detained in Six-Fours-les-Plages, near Toulon in southern France, police said. PIP director Claude Couty was arrested around the same time nearby in La Seyne-sur-Mer and investigators searched his home, according to CNN affiliate France 2. PIP implants have sparked health scares in the United States, Europe and …
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