Customs intercepts N53.39bn of fake NAFDAC-labelled, expired medicines, drugs at Apapa Port

By Steve Agbota
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted fake NAFDAC-labelled medicines, illicit drugs and expired pharmaceutical products concealed in nine containers with a combined Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N53.39 billion at the Apapa Port.
To this end, the Service described the seizures as a major breakthrough in its efforts to protect public health and national security.
Speaking during the handover of the seized narcotics and expired pharmaceuticals at the Apapa Area Command on Wednesday, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, said seizures followed intelligence gathering, scanning analysis, physical examination and close collaboration with the Nat...