Police uncover fake sachet water company in Lagos | WATCH VIDEO
A fake sachet water-producing company, have been uncovered at Oluwole Market in the Apapa area of Lagos state.
Operatives of the State Police Command busted the company on Friday, July 19, and arrested one suspect while the owner is still at large
The suspects were allegedly using another company’s brand name to sell their products and also duplicated the NAFDAC number of the said company.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed this in a post on his X.com handle said 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 operated.
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.
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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. pic.twitter.com/ubEHYZtCea
— SP Benjamin Hundeyin (@BenHundeyin) July 22, 2024
