Some of the intercepted unregistered pharmaceutical products. Credit: NCS
The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted more than 580,000 unregistered pharmaceutical products at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport and handed them over to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control for further action.
The seizure was made by the Kano/Jigawa Area Command following an intelligence-driven operation aimed at preventing unsafe medicines from entering the Nigerian market.
This was contained in a statement posted on NCS’s X handle on Thursday.
Speaking during the handover ceremony at the Customs House in Bompai, Kano, the Acting Customs Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller of Customs Usman Adamu, said the products were intercepted on June 9, 2026, at the SAHCO Shed of the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport.
