By Ikugbadi Oluwasegun
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested 2 men for trying to change the date of an expired drug in Alaba, Lagos State.
This was disclosed in a Social media post of Benjamin Hudeyin, Lagos Police PRO, who said, “At about 5:40 pm 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 an 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 proceeded with the drugs to Port-Harcourt to be sold. The suspects, drugs and the vehicle are currently in custody.
“Efforts are on to arrest the owner of the drugs, the individual altering expiry dates and other indicted persons.”