Anambra State government through the Operation Clean And Healthy Anambra, OCHA Brigade, Task Force Team has arrested six persons operating a suspected fake drug production factory.
The factory which was uncovered in Umuoji, Idemili North Council Area was sealed during the raid and the arrest of the owner of the factory, one Mrs. Chinwedu Chukwurah.
Angel Network News (ANN) reports that
Mrs. Chukwurah, the owner of factory, was apprehended for “manufacturing, packaging, distributing, and selling a range of substandard and counterfeit paracetamol and flagyl products”.
Reacting to the development, the Managing Director of OCHA brigade, Comrade Celestine Anere said that the agency while carrying out their daily routine stumbled on the fake drug factory and upon investigation found out that the company has existed for years and has been selling the fake drugs across the state.
According to Anere, the facility has been sealed off until further notice as investigations continue by the state Ministry of Health and the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on the drugs and licence of the factory, pointing out that the hygienic environment of the area is condemnable for production of drugs.
Meanwhile, the OCHA Brigade boss has revealed that the agency has also arrested individuals who are bent of destroying newly constructed roads and drainages by constructing culverts without approval and supervision by the state ministry of works, which consequently destroyed the roads.
He noted that such attitudes endanger the live span of the roads, it create room for destruction by flood which currently has reduced due to the efforts of the Soludo administration and warned that anyone caught trespassing into any sealed off area or facility will be arrested and prosecuted accordingly..
