NSCDC raids illegal juice factory, arrests two women in Lagos

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, person arrested 2 women pursuing a raid connected an alleged amerciable foodstuff accumulation installation successful Aradagun, Badagry country of Lagos State.

The factory, wherever a portion branded Barkas Juice was allegedly being produced, was discovered connected Talabi Onilegbale Street, Aradagun, Olorunda Local Council Development Area, astatine astir 9:00 p.m. connected September 19, 2026.

The suspects, aged 48 and 50, were arrested astatine the premises by unit attached to the NSCDC Badagry Divisional Headquarters.

According to the corps, the mill was not registered, portion the product, allegedly manufactured nether Titi Alubarika Trading Stores Ltd., bore a purportedly fraudulent National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, registration number, 01-2166L.

A sojourn to the premises showed a motortruck loaded with the products inactive parked astatine the facility, seemingly awaiting distribution.

Several cartons of the portion and rolls of merchandise labels were besides recovered wrong the bungalow being utilized for production. Part of the aforesaid gathering was reportedly being utilized arsenic a residence.

The NSCDC besides identified a soiled good connected the premises, which it alleged was being utilized arsenic the root of h2o for production. An unclean concern retention vessel ...