Addressing a press conference the Director and Head of Enforcement Department national headquarters of PCN, Pharm. Stephen Esumobi at the PCN North East zonal office in Bauchi state on Thursday, said Illegal medicine dealers were also found to engage in the sale of large quantities of substances of abuse to members of the public especially within the state capital thus aggravating the social and security challenges emanating from the illicit use of such medicines.
He added that some patent medicine stores within Bauchi metropolis were found to be stocking large quantities of used needles and syringes which are suspected to be re-used or sold to other medicine dealers operating in the rural areas.
According to him, PCN observed during the enforcement exercise that sealed premises did not take steps to improve their storage facilities.
