The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) disclosed on Friday the arrest of members of a syndicate that specialised in
Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of NAFDAC, who disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos, said that the syndicate used forged customs documents to import the product into the country.She said: “In the course of its regulatory activities, the investigation and enforcement directorate of NAFDAC has discovered a syndicate that specialises in importing banned Crusader soaps containing mercury.
She said further: “Acting on intelligence, our investigation and enforcement team in August busted a warehouse in Trade Fair Market that was filled with the banned imported soaps. According to her, Peter Obih, the prime suspect, claimed during interrogation to have bought the franchise of the product from a company and presented an expired NAFDAC certificate that was issued for local manufacture of the product after the ban in Nigeria.
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