Leadership (Abuja)
6 February 2008
Borno — About 80 people were arrested and fake drugs worth more than N300,000 were confiscated by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) in Borno State last year.
This revelation was made by the state coordinator of the agency, Pharmacist Sabo Adamu while briefing newsmen in his office in Maiduguri. He said the agency is doing everything possible to stamp out the activities of drug peddlers and fake products in the state.
He also said that they are working in partnership with the various security agencies in the state to bring to book those drug peddlers who pose a threat to the society.
The state coordinator stated that the 80 people arrested within this period, were handed over to the police for further investigation and called on parents to monitor the activities and movements of their children as most of the peddlers arrested were youths.
He also warned drug dealers in the state to abide by the various laws regarding the sales of drugs or face the full wrath of the law, adding that the agency will not spare anybody caught violating the drug law. He also said that defaulters of such laws will go for five years imprisonment or an option of N50,000 fine.
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