The Lagos State Police Command, Okokomaiko Division, apprehended two suspects and seized a Volkswagen LT bus containing seventy cartons of expired drugs on Saturday evening. The discovery was made during a routine search at Afromedia, revealing cartons of Feed Fine Cyproheptadine Caplets 4g, all with a 2016 expiry date.
According to Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, the occupants of the bus confessed to transporting the expired drugs to an individual in Alaba. The plan was to change the expiry dates before taking the drugs to Port Harcourt for sale.
Hundeyin stated, “The two occupants of the vehicle, Augustine Egemoye ‘m’ aged 60, and Innocent Eremosele ‘m’ aged 35 confessed they were taking the expired drugs to somebody in Alaba who would change the expiry dates and thereafter proceeded with the drugs to Port-Harcourt to be sold.”
The suspects, along with the seized drugs and vehicle, are currently in custody. Efforts are underway to apprehend the owner of the drugs, the individual altering expiry dates, and any other persons involved in the illegal operation.
This incident echoes a similar event in August 2023 when the Kano State Police Command confiscated 820 cartons of suspected fake and expired drugs at Mallam Kato Market in the Fagge Local Government Area of the state.
