OCHA Brigade Arrests Six Suspected Fake Drug Producers, Seals Factory At Umuoji
By Chibuzor Obidike
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, in which the owner of the factory, one Mrs. Chinwedu Chukwurah was also arrested.
Mrs. Chukwurah, was apprehended for manufacturing, packaging, distributing and selling a range of substandard and counterfeit Paracetamol and Flagyl products.
The Managing Director of OCHA Brigade, Comrade Celestine Anere, who confirmed the incident, said that the Operatives of the OCHA Brigade, while carrying out their daily routine, stumbled on the fake drug factory.
He disclosed that upon investigation, they found out that the company had existed for years, and has been selling the fake drugs across the state.
Comrade Aniere informed that the facility has also been sealed off until further notice
He added that the State Ministry of Health and the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDA, have continued investigations on the drugs and license of the factory, pointing out also that the hygienic environment of the area is not fit for drug production.
Meanwhile, the OCHA Brigade boss has revealed that the agency has also arrested individuals who are bent on destroying newly constructed roads and drainages by constructing culverts without approval and supervision by the State Ministry of Works, which consequently destroy the roads.
He noted that such attitudes endanger the life span of the roads, create room for destruction by flood, which has currently reduced, due to the efforts of the Soludo administration.
He warned that anyone caught trespassing into any sealed off area or facility will be arrested and prosecuted accordingly.
The enforcement team of OCHA Brigade also sealed off a building constructed on waterways at Bishop Plaza, Marine Modern market Onitsha, and arrested individuals for trespassing into sealed premises on Niger Street, Onitsha.
