An illegal factory where
fake wines are produced, has been busted in Lagos by the officers of the
State’s Police command.
The illegal factory where
the fake wines are produced, is an uncompleted storey building in Aboru area of
Oke-Odo, Lagos. It was gathered that 4000 bottles of the adulterated wine of
different brands, 1000 empty bottles of popular wines were recovered from the
factory, as the police arrested the producer, 48- year old Uju Daniel Ughanze,
an indigene of Anambra state.
The uncompleted building
which served as an illegal factory, has a room used for processing the
chemical, another was used to fill the bottles, six rooms upstairs as stores
for the finished drinks and also served as residential apartment for the
suspect’s family.
Commissioner of Police in
Lagos State, Imohimi Edgal, who expressed shock and worry over the health
implication of the fake drinks on Lagosians, told newsmen that samples of the
recovered products would be sent to the National Agency for Food and Drug
Administration and Control, NAFDAC for laboratory analysis.
He said: “This matter is an
interesting case because it has to do with the health of Lagosians.
“On December 18, 2018, at
about 2pm, the command received credible information that there exists a fake
wine/ brewery in an uncompleted storey
building at Aboru area of Oke Odo, Lagos, where assorted wine and alcoholic
beverages were being produced.
“Based on the information,
I directed the Area Commander, Area P, Alagbado to mobilize to the scene,
search and seal off the factory. When the team arrived the scene, they executed
a search warrant which enable them to search and recover the following items:
4000 bottles of already produced, packed and labeled adulterated wine of
different brands. 1000 empty bottles, drums of different sizes and various
chemicals and reagents used as raw
materials and other tools used in the production of fake wine/ beverages.
”During interrogation, it
was discovered that owner of the factory,
a secondary school dropout, has neither the requisite qualification nor
license to embark on such type of business”.
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