The Lagos state Police command has stepped up manhunt for a businessman who brought in drugs that have expired since 2016 to the state. Two suspects conveying the drugs to Alaba International Market where they would repackage and the expiry date change have been arrested....CONTINUE READING
The suspects, the drugs and the vehicle they used in conveying the dangerous drugs are presently in police custody.
A senior Police officer who spoke on the condition of anonymity as he was not supposed to speak with the press, said a patrol team from Okokomaiko Division weekend stopped a Volkswagen LT bus at Afromedia.
The officers searched the vehicle and found 70 cartons of Feed Fine Cyproheptadine Caplets 4g, with expiry date of 2016.
“The two occupants of the vehicle: Augustine Egemoye, 60,and Innocent Eremosele, 35, were promptly arrested and they have confessed they were taking the expired drugs to somebody in Alaba who would change the expiry dates.
“They said after repackaging the drugs, the man would thereafter proceed with the drugs to Port Harcourt where they would be sold.”
