Police operatives attached to the Area B Command, Apapa, Lagos, have intercepted a Seaco container with tons of suspected adulterated..
Police operatives attached to the Area B Command, Apapa, Lagos, have intercepted a Seaco container with tons of suspected adulterated and contraband drugs.
Suspecting that the container might have been stolen, the detectives on the instruction of the Area Commander, Olasoji Akinbayo, requested to see the NSC personnel escorting it to a BCT in order to know why it was diverted to the plaza but there was none. Others include nine cartons of 50ml GSK Septran suspension with batch number 5M5W; 17 cartons of 10ml GSK Zentel suspension ; a carton of 156.25mg GSK Augmentin ; one carton of 250ml Vitaglobin Syrub Iron plus Vitamins ; 16 cartons of 10ml Mb Chlor Chloramphenicol USP ; 23 cartons of 50ml Maxolan Metoclopramide HCI Syrup ;
Checks by The Nation revealed that the counterfeit drugs were produced in Pakistan and a regular practice by dealers who flood Nigerian markets with lesser quality of branded medication to make profit. Already, the police have arrested one Uchenna Oreator who claimed to be the importer and one Uche Nwankwo, said to have acted as clearing agent for the container.
Police sources said that the NCS has been contacted for clarifications on the name and address of the company or individual who applied for the transfer of the container to a Bonded Terminal from APMT Terminal Apapa; copy of the approval for the transfer of the container to the Bonded Terminal; name and details of the officer, who was supposed to escort the container to the Bonded Terminal and details of NCS officers that were on duty from Saturday, July 18 to early hours of Monday, July 20,...
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