Customs destroy 11 containers of fake drugs valued N9.3bn

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Onne Area 2 command, Rivers State has destroyed 11 containers of imported fake drugs valued at over N9.3 billion.

The Customs Area Comptroller (CAC) in charge of the command, Babani Abdullahi Tela, who handed over the 11 containers to the authority of the National Agency for Foods, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on January 23, 2017, disclosed that the containers were laden with finished fake pharmaceutical drugs, ranging from Tramadol capsules of 100mg, Diclofena Sodium Capsule 50mg and Diahhhea Stop 2mg.

Others include Oxyetracycline Hcl 50mg, Sildenafil tab mg, Diclotenac 40mg, caffeine 30mg and conditioning preparation, all imported from India and Nordana, U.S.A, as countries of origin by firms named Stigo Express Cargo Limited, Godlina Resources Limited, Dorcas Jedi & Associates and Greatoo Multilinks Limited, respectively.

Babani in his message to the trading community, while handing over the consignments to NAFDAC Onne Port, said the area will never be a safe haven for facilitation of illegitimate trade; warning that anyone found wanting would face the law. He said the anti-smuggling unit of the NCS has been reinvigorated resulting in seizure of the large cache fake pharmaceutical products.

GODWIN EGBA