The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, have uncovered prohibited drugs at the Onitsha Bridgehead drug market in Anambra State. NAFDAC revealed this in a post on its X account alongside a video of the raid. The drugs were hidden inside plumbing material shops.
Officials of the agency seized two trailer loads of unregistered narcotics, banned tramadol, and counterfeit drugs. The tweet read: 'In a startling discovery, NAFDAC uncovered prohibited drugs hidden inside PLUMBING MATERIALS SHOPS at the Onitsha Bridgehead Drug Market. 'Officials seized two trailer loads of unregistered narcotics, banned tramadol, and counterfeit drugs concealed within these shops.
' This comes days after DAILY POST reported that traders in Onitsha are currently battling losses occasioned by the continuous shutdown of six major markets in the area by security operatives for more than two weeks now. Nigerian security operatives had taken over the markets and locked up every shop under the guise of clamping down on fake and expired drugs dealers.
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