Two Suspects Arrested for Altering/Possession of Expired Drugs

Two suspects, 60-year-old Augustine Egemoye and 35-year-old Innocent Eremosele have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for being in possession of expired drugs.

They were caught around 5: 40 pm on Saturday by a patrol team from the Okokomaiko Division who stopped them for a stop and search of the Volkswagen LT bus at Afromedia they were traveling in.

According to Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesperson of the command, seventy cartons of Feed Fine Cyproheptadine Caplets 4g with a 2016 expiry date were being taken to the Alaba market.

They confessed that they were taking the expired drugs to somebody in Alaba who would change the expiry dates and thereafter proceed with the drugs to Port-harcourt to be sold.

The Suspects, drug and the vehicle have been taken into custody while efforts are being made to arrest the owner of the drugs, the individual altering expiry dates and other indicted persons.