NAFDAC busts Lagos fake drugs warehouse

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has discovered a warehouse in Lagos containing packaging materials for suspected fake cosmetics and medications. Assistant Director Kunle Ojo shared details on the agency's official X page, revealing the discovery on Saturday. In a two-story warehouse at the Trade Fair Complex along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, officials found empty packs of Augmentin 625mg, Ampiclox, and bottle caps with the Gordon’s Gin brand.

They also encountered unlabelled and unregistered cosmetics products, including a bar of soap labeled "Tumeric Vitamin C."

On the first floor, agents discovered empty shampoo tubes and a lotion labeled "Moisturing Scrub." Ojo stated that production activities appear to be ongoing at the site, as empty production materials with covers were found on another floor. Among the items were packaging materials for Gluta White cream, Augmentin, and Ampiclox capsules.

The agency uncovered cartons of unregistered Parago candy hidden among other goods in a rice warehouse in Iddo market, Lagos, during a previous enforcement operation. Additionally, over 100 sacks of empty alcoholic beverage bottles were found and destroyed in a residential building to prevent their reuse in counterfeit alcohol production.