A fake sachet water-producing company has been busted by the Lagos State Police Command.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed this in a post on his X.com handle said that the perpetrators fraudulently used the brand name and NAFDAC number of another sachet water producing company to produce their sachet water inside Oluwole Market in the Apapa area of the state.
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.
“The facility was raided on July 19 and only one 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.”
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.
