Customs impound unregistered medicines worth N5.8m in Sokoto

The Nigeria Customs Service has seized unregistered paracetamol, anti-cold drugs and other pharmaceutical products worth N5.8 million along the Illela-Sokoto Road in Sokoto. The drugs were handed over to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, for further investigation. The Acting Customs Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller Haliru Abdullahi, disclosed this during the handover ceremony at the command headquarters in Sokoto on Wednesday. The seized items included 360 packages of anti-cold drugs, 500 packages of amodiaquine, 140 packages of paracetamol and 100 packages of quinine, with a total duty-paid value of N5,804,062.06. Abdullahi said importing unreg...