The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has discovered a syndicate specialized in using forged documents to import banned crusader soap containing mercury.
The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, revealed this at a media briefing in Lagos on Friday, September 15, 2023.
Adeyeye said the agency, through its Investigation and Enforcement Directorate, acted on intelligence by busting a warehouse at the Trade Fair Market.
According to the DG, the warehouse was filled with banned imported soaps, including three trailer loads of imported Crusader medicated soap and Mekako soap totaling 4,000 cartons by 12 packs, and 12 tablets of soap worth N1 billion.
Some suspects were arrested, while the agency is on the heels of others still at large.
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