Police bust suspected counterfeit drug syndicate in Lagos, hand suspects to NAFDAC
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.“Acting on credible intelligence, operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit successfully intercepted and arrested two suspected members of a criminal syndicate involved in the repackaging and interstate trafficking of suspected adulterated and counterfeit pharmaceutical products within Nigeria and across the West African sub-region,” he said.
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.
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