By Evelyn Usman & Esther Onyegbula
LAGOS—An illegal factory where various brands of adulterated wine and liquor are produced has been uncovered at Ajuwon market, in Mushin area of Lagos, by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command.
Arrested, was the owner of the factory, 55-year-old Benjamin Ojukwu, who confessed to having been running the factory, where the adulterated drinks are packaged and sold to unsuspecting Nigerians at the same price with the market rate, since 2005.
Recovered were empty bottles of Hennessy, Black label, Gordons, Grand Masters, Blue Label wine among other popular spirits.
Vanguard gathered that customers came from different parts of the South West region to patronize the suspect.
The bubble burst last Friday, after the Area Commander ‘D’ Mushin, Akinbayo Olasoji, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, who got wind of the sale of adulterated…
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