POLICE NABS FOUR SUSPECTED FAKE PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG MANUFACTURERS

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Intelligence Response Team working on credible intelligence stormed and raided a secret suspected fake drug Factory hidden in the residential Area of Ikotun area of Lagos State where substantial production, packaging and distribution of suspected fake drug to different parts of the Country is being carried out.

In a statement issued in Abuja by the Force Public Relations Officer,
DCP JIMOH MOSHOOD and obtained by THELENZ.

The force PRO said the dastard acts may have resulted in several deaths, health complications and physical disabilities to many victims Nationwide, adding that the hideout where the suspected fake drug is being illegally produced on No. 2, Okunnenye Street, Ikotun Egbe Area, Lagos State was raided on 13th December, 2018 by Operatives of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT) led by the Commander of the Unit, DCP Abba Kyari.

Suspects arrested were Emeka Madu aka Cabara 47yrs, who was the owner and leader of the gang, Eze Young 26yrs, Chijoke Umunna 19yrs and Kingsley Obilo 22yrs, while producing the fake drug with the use of Machines fabricated for processing, manufacturing and packaging of the suspected fake drug.

The Force spokesman noted that the suspects confessed to the crime and admitted to the various criminal roles they played in the processing, manufacturing and packaging of suspected fake drug, stressing that investigation is on-going and efforts being intensified to arrest the other suspects still at large and would soon be arraigned in court on completion of investigations