The Lagos state Police Public Relations Officer SUperintendent of Police(SP) Benjamin Hundeyin has disclosed that the Command arrested two male suspects who wanted to take the drugs expired in 2016 to PortHarcourt for sale .
SP Hundeyin a statement on Sunday 3,February,2024 in X -handle said
“at about 5:40pm yesterday, a patrol team from Okokomaiko Division stopped and searched a Volkswagen LT bus at Afromedia. Found in the bus were seventy cartons of Feed Fine Cyproheptadine Caplets 4g, all with expiry date of 2016.
“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 proceed with the drugs to Port-harcourt to be sold. Suspects, drug and the vehicle are currently in custody”.
The spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command added that efforts are on to arrest the owner of the drugs, the individual altering expiry dates and other indicted persons.