A man was arrested in Nairobi on Tuesday after many medicines and hospital garments were found in his house in Parklands, Nairobi.
The man was apprehended by officers of the
Pharmacy and Poisons Board and Parklands Police Station following a tip off.
He is accused of replacing original medicine with fakes and packing them in containers with fake labels for the purpose of selling.
"Some of the medicines and equipment include amoxicillin capsules, X-ray films, X-ray aprons, surgical gloves and tetracycline capsules," said Dennis Otieno, who is the head of the board's Crime Investigation and Enforcement Unit
Some of the drugs confiscated from a home in Nairobi's Parklands estate by police officers from Parklands Police Station and the Pharmacy
and Poisons Board, March 20, 2018. /COURTESY
Otieno added that the man was also found with stamps they suspect he used to alter the expiry and manufacture dates of the medicines.
"People who are not registered as pharmacists or doctors are not allowed to be in possession of medicines, especially not at their homes," Otieno said.
“We have also found grounded white powder. We suspect the accused manufactures his own medicine and grinds Antiretroviral Drugs (ARVs) for sale to herbalists."
An X-ray apron confiscated by police officers from Parklands Police Station and the Pharmacy and Poisons Board from a home in Nairobi's Parklands estate, March 20, 2018. /COURTESY
The value of the medicine and other items that were confiscated will be established after an assessment.
Otieno urged the public to be cautious and only buy medicine from
registered pharmacists and institutions.
The suspect was taken to Parklands police station and will be arraigned on Wednesday.