News
NAFDAC intercepts psychoactive drugs, busts beverage factories in Southeast
The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has confiscated banned pharmaceutical products, valued at millions of naira, in Onitsha, Anambra State, during a raid.
The agency also bust factories manufacturing fake alcoholic beverages in Enugu and Imo states.
NAFDAC’s Director, South East Zone, Martins Iluyomade, revealed this while briefing newsmen in Awka on Wednesday.
He said drugs intercepted in Onitsha included 892 bottles of codeine syrup, 26 packs of Rohypnol tablet (Flunitrazepam) and 16 packs of swings tablet (Flunitrazepam).
Others were six rolls of Teka Tramadol capsules 100mg, 10 packs of Super Terpentol tablet 200mg and eight packs of Osaka Tramadol capsules 100mg.
Iluyomade applauded the Coordinator of NAFDAC in Anambra, Louis Mmadubuatta,
for a successful operation, saying the drugs posed grave public health danger.
READ ALSO: Tinubu appoints new coordinator for National Centre for Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons
According to him, the drugs were dangerous psychoactive substances, especially Rohypnol, which, he said, was largely used by kidnappers, rapists, cultists and ritualists, on their victims.
“These are controlled drugs which should not be found in an open market or in the hands of individuals,” he said.
Iluyomade said other breakthroughs made included the discovery of a factory under the name BEST IJAW at Ibagwa Aka, in Igboeze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, which specialised in the production of an unapproved dry gin.
He said the factory had eight PVC containers filled with substances suspected to be ethanol and drums of substances equally suspected to be ethanol.
-
Sports6 days ago
FA Cup: Man Utd suffer fresh triple injury blow ahead Coventry clash
-
News6 days ago
Despite Apology, ABU Zaria Final-Year Law Student Arrested For Defaming Police Officer On Facebook
-
Business6 days ago
I met N13bn IGR per month but we are now seeing N27bn – Fubara
-
Politics6 days ago
SERAP To Govs, Wike: Account For Trillions Of FAAC Allocations
-
News4 days ago
Court orders Becky Buodeigha alias Becky Minaj, CEO of BM Secrets to pay Baraza N7m
-
Politics6 days ago
‘Ondo APC Guber Primary Result already written’ — Aspirant cries out, demands postponement
-
Politics4 days ago
EFCC: I am Ready to Appear in Court But Afraid of Arrest – Yahaya Bello
-
Business6 days ago
Invest in Bayelsa, Governor Diri tells Elders, leaders of the state