The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) reports that its agents have found guns, live cartridges, and other weapons that were concealed by unidentified individuals at the Ogbo Ogwu Bridge Head Market in Onitsha, Anambra.
NAFDAC’s southeast zonal director, Martins Iluyomade, told reporters on Wednesday that the agency has been cracking down on the drug-related parts of the market since February 10 as part of a larger national effort to improve public health.
Iluyomade said he was shocked to learn that the guns had been hidden by phoney drug traffickers who planned to assault the agency’s enforcement squad.
According to him, 50 trailer loads of inferior and counterfeit medications were also found in the market and taken to the agency’s labs for additional examination.
“With the prompt interventions of our security team, we saw and recovered a dagger, machetes, two guns, rifles, and live cartridges,” NAN quoted him as saying.
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“Every night, we keep arresting people who attempt to forcefully break into the shops to move the fake drugs or do one thing or another in this market.
“They are in custody and volunteering useful information.”
Iluyomade commended leaders of the market for working with the team throughout the operations.
He assured that some sections of the market would be reopened this week while they begin the next phase of the exercise.
