Man believed to be in his 20s was arrested at Agormanya in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal for allegedly selling a herbal drug, which life span expired since February 28, last year.
The Police upon tip off from one of the persons who bought the drug on credit, arrested one of 4 person at Agormanya. The remaining three took to their heeds, and cannot be found
The Police went on search in the room of the arrested person, where additional 80 bottles of drugs and other herbal drug labels were picked, in Somanya Ogome in the Eastern region.
The drug, Ekuɔba piles mixture, is prescribed to heal stomach disorders, gornorrhea and candidiasis.
The drug which expired February 28, 2019 has been re-labelled with a new date as 10 April, 2022.
Having started selling on credit from 11 May from Kodjonya in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal, a total of 226 customers have bought the product on credit for payment after two weeks at GHS30 per bottle.
The Police Commander DSP Thomas Agbanyo of Odumase Command in a pre-briefing engagement with Omanba Kodwo Boafo on Saturday afternoon, says details on the matter will be taken for prosecution and media briefing on Monday.
Source: ritefmonline.org
