Tuesday, July 23, 2024 -The Lagos State Police Command has busted a fake sachet water-producing company at Oluwole Market in the Apapa area of the state.
The suspects were said to be fraudulently
using another company’s brand name to sell their products.
The state Police Public Relations Officer,
Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed this in a post on his X.com handle said the
perpetrators also duplicated the NAFDAC number of the company.
Hundeyin noted that their activities were
discovered after a tip-off by residents in the community.
He wrote, “Thank you, Lagosians, for giving
us information and safeguarding the health of others.
“These suspects fraudulently used the brand
name and NAFDAC number of another sachet water producing company to produce
their sachet water inside Oluwole Market, Apapa.”
In the video attached to the post, one of the suspects caught
on duty was seen conducting a team of policemen around the facility where they
oper The suspect also showed them some of the bags of
sachet water stored in the refrigerator, opening about three while the officers
inspected.
A heap of other bags of sachet water was
also seen stored in a separate room in the facility in the video. The suspect
went further to operate the machine used in producing them on the instructions
of the officers present.
According to Punch the security operatives
invaded the company on Friday, July 19 and only one worker was found in the
building while the owner of the facility absconded.
“The facility was raided on July 9 and only
was suspect was arrested in the process. The owner is now at large and efforts
are ongoing to apprehend him. The suspect is in our custody and helping with
investigations.”
ated.
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