Kano task force shuts pharmaceutical firm over ₦900m worth of controlled drug, pregabalin

The Kano State Multi-Agency Taskforce connected Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking has unopen down a pharmaceutical institution implicit the alleged amerciable organisation of Pregabalin, a controlled cause wide abused successful the state.

The task unit chairman, Muhuyi Magaji, disclosed this connected Saturday portion taking journalists astir the installation located successful a residential country of Sabon Gari, Kano.

He said operatives discovered 3,180,000 tablets of Pregabalin valued astatine much than ₦900 cardinal wrong the premises.

Magaji besides revealed that the task unit had arrested 1,760 suspects and secured 890 convictions successful its run against cause abuse, amerciable trafficking and related crimes.

However, helium expressed interest that portion the bureau was moving to trim cause depletion done arrests and prosecutions, immoderate pharmaceutical companies licensed by regulatory authorities were allegedly helping to support the amerciable proviso concatenation running.

He accused immoderate officials of the Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria, PCN, and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, successful Kano of facilitating the amerciable organisation of Pregabalin and different controlled medicines.

According to him, licences issued by the regulatory bodies had allegedly made it easie...