The Nigeria Customs Provider Oyo/Osun Segment Command has intercepted a immense consignment of counterfeit medicine with a duty-paid worth of N596,856,500.
The seized medicine come with Analgin Injection, Amoxicillin Tablets (500mg), Buscomac Pills (10mg), Chloramphenicol Pills (BP 250mg), and Pentazocine Injection (30mg), amongst others, that have been opaque in sacks and cartons and seized in Iwere Ile, Oke-Ogun, Oyo Condition.
At a press briefing on Wednesday in Ibadan, Segment Controller Dr Ben Oramalugo highlighted the worth of the seizure, calling it an important crackdown on smuggling and counterfeit prescription drugs.
He reported that the Oyo/Osun Command generated a complete income of N23.9 billion for the 3rd quarter of 2024, with a cumulative general of N56.6 billion from January to September.
Oramalugo credited the command’s income good fortune to streamlined procedures and compliance with customs rules amid difficult monetary situations.
In step with him, from August to October 2024, the Command’s anti-smuggling operations yielded diverse contraband pieces with a DPV of N755,896,700, together with 433 baggage of international parboiled rice, second-hand garments, worn tyres, and over 700 kg of hashish sativa.
Addressing the authenticity of the intercepted medicine, Oyo Condition Director of the NDLEA, Mrs Roseline Ajayi, showed their substandard feature.
“Without going to the lab, we determined they were fake and substandard,” she said, noting that crowd devastation of those counterfeit medicine will quickly hurry park as a part of regulatory movements.
The seized hashish sativa used to be passed over to the Nationwide Company for Meals and Drug Management and Keep watch over. Superintendent of Narcotics Abogunrin Olatunji said that the company would search Federal Prime Court docket esteem for crowd devastation and ask over the click to observer it.
Oramalugo expressed gratitude to the Comptroller-Normal of Customs, the Oyo Condition Governor, sister safety businesses, and the crowd for his or her backup, underscoring the command’s loyalty to safeguarding the condition and protection of Nigerians.