By Esther Onyegbula
The Lagos State Police Command has uncovered a suspected counterfeit pharmaceutical distribution network allegedly operating across Nigeria and the West African sub-region, arresting two suspects and recovering large quantities of suspected adulterated drugs and packaging materials.
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Tijani Fatai, disclosed this on Monday during a briefing in Lagos, where he formally handed over the suspects, recovered exhibits and case file to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for further investigation and regulatory action.
The breakthrough, according to the police boss, followed intelligence received by operatives of the Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) on the activities of a syndicate allegedly involved in the repackaging and distribution of suspected counterfeit pharmaceutical products.
The suspects were identified as Eze Okwudilichukwu, 52, and Chukwudi Mba, 42.
