The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) discovered banned substances at the Onitsha Bridgehead drug market in Anambra State.
NAFDAC confirmed this in a post on its X account, which included a video of the raid.
The drugs were stashed in plumbing material stores.
Officials of the agency seized two trailer loads of unregistered narcotics, banned tramadol, and counterfeit drugs.
The tweet read: “In a startling discovery, NAFDAC uncovered prohibited drugs hidden inside PLUMBING MATERIALS SHOPS at the Onitsha Bridgehead Drug Market.
“Officials seized two trailer loads of unregistered narcotics, banned tramadol, and counterfeit drugs concealed within these shops.”
Nigerian security operatives had taken over the markets and locked up every shop under the guise of clamping down on fake and expired drugs dealers.
The affected markets include Onitsha drug market, Oduwani (Power Tools and Allied) market, Surgical Line market, Plumbing Materials market, the Ogbogwu fashion line market, the Bridgehead provision market and part of the timber dealers market.
