Lagos police arrest two with 70 cartons of expired drugs

Officers from the Okokomaiko Division of the Lagos State Police Command intercepted a Volkswagen LT bus on Saturday evening, loaded with seventy cartons of expired drugs, leading to the arrest of two suspects.

The command's Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement on his Twitter handle on Sunday.

The discovery occurred at 5:40 pm at Afromedia, where officers stopped the suspicious vehicle for a search. They found 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.

“Suspects, drug, 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.”

According to the confession of the two occupants in the bus, they were transporting the expired drugs to an individual in Alaba to change the expiry dates. Afterward, the drugs would be taken to Port Harcourt for sale.

Hundeyin's statement read, "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.