Police hunt for man who brought 2016 expired drugs to Lagos

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Police hunt for man who brought 2016 expired drugs to Lagos.


The Lagos State Police Command has stepped up the manhunt for a businessman who brought drugs that have expired since 2016 to the state. Already, two suspects conveying the drugs to Alaba International Market, where they were meant to be repackaged and the expiry  date  changed, have been arrested.


The suspects, drugs and the vehicle they used in conveying the dangerous drugs are presently in police custody.

According to a senior police officer who spoke on the condition of anonymity as he was not supposed to speak with the press, a patrol team from Okokomaiko Division, at the weekend, stopped a  Volkswagen LT bus at Afromedia.

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The officers searched the vehicle and found 70  cartons of Feed Fine Cyproheptadine Caplets 4g, with expiry date of 2016.

“The two occupants of the vehicle: Augustine Egemoye, 60, and Innocent Eremosele, 35, were promptly arrested and they have confessed they were taking the expired drugs to somebody in Alaba who would change the expiry dates.

“They said that, after repackaging the drugs, the man would thereafter proceed with the drugs to Port Harcourt, where they would  be sold”.

Lagos State Police Publlic Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the suspects, drug and the vehicle are currently in  custody, while efforts were  on to arrest the owner of the drugs, the individual altering expiry dates and other indicted persons.

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