RAW FOOTAGE: Plant City Police release footage of a person of interest in the theft of a car containing vials of COVID-19 vaccine.
Police are searching for a car containing $10,000 worth of COVID-19 vaccine that was stolen in Florida.
Authorities in Plant City near Tampa said the 2018 gray Hyundai Accent was stolen Wednesday from a parking lot at the Strawberry Festival Grounds.
The car contained 30 vials of the vaccine that were to be distributed at a vaccination site at the festival grounds.
The vials were properly refrigerated at the time the car was stolen, officials said.
A police report said the keys had been left in the ignition of the car.
Police said a nationwide alert was placed on the vehicle, which has Florida license plate NPJJ58.
Authorities released a brief surveillance video of a person of interest in the case, described as a man in his early 20s with long hair.
