The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians to new dimensions being employed by certain unscrupulous individuals to pull the wool over the eyes of innocent members of the public and attempt to circumvent the intensified efforts of the agency to crush illicit drug distribution and sale across the country.
NAFDAC said that following the extensive profiling of distributors of drugs and related products recently, particularly in and around the Ogbo-Ogwu Market in Onitsha, Anambra State, some stores and business outlets in the market have been deserted and their owners and operators apparently gone into hiding.
It said that the agency has uncovered a hideout near Asaba, the Delta State capital, where expired drugs were repackaged with new but fake expiry date meant to deceive even some careful members of the public who might be aware of the new tricks, including cleaning the old label and instructions with chemical substances and putting new labels.
