Kano police destroy fake disinfectant products worth N17m
Counterfeit dettol products worth N17 million have been destroyed at Kalibawa in Danbatta Local Government Area of Kano State.
The state police command, on Thursday, destroyed the products on the order of the Federal High Court sitting in the state.
Confirming the report, spokesman of the command, DSP Magaji Majiya said the products was intercepted in 2015.
“The Police arrested 1,296 cartons of fake dettol and was intercepted at Abubakar Rimi Market, Sabon Gari, Kano in November 2015.
“The three suspects who are all traders of Sabon Gari Market were convicted, “he said.
According to him, the dettol was smuggled from Pakistan into Kano, adding that Reckitt Benckiser, producer of the product, said the product in question was not theirs.
In a related development, the command also destroyed 13 bags and 97 parcel of cannabis Sativa worth N6.5 million confiscated from January to date.
Majiya assured that the Police would continue to rid Kano of drug peddlers.
He called on drug addicts and dealers in the state to engage on legitimate businesses or face the wrath of the law.
