NAFDAC uncovers suspected counterfeit alcohol factory worth over N500 million in Abia

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has actually discovered a presumed fake alcohols production center in Aba, Abia State, with devices, products and other parts valued at more than N500 million.

The firm divulged the discovery in a declaration on Monday, October 19, 2026, detailing an enforcement operation performed at No. 25 Omenazu Street in Aba, following intelligence on presumed unlawful alcohol production activities.

The current discovery comes less than a week after NAFDAC revealed the seizure of fake product packaging products for alcohols and other items worth over N200 million in the very same city.

NAFDAC reveals N500 million center

According to NAFDAC, its enforcement officers robbed the center after getting reputable intelligence and found that presumed fake alcohols were being produced under unclean conditions.

The firm divulged that the private thought to be running the center left when its authorities showed up, leaving products thought to have actually been utilized in the production and product packaging of fake whisky.

• “The presumed operator supposedly left upon the group’s arrival, deserting a lorry in which fake product packaging products bearing the names of Sir Edwards Scotch Whisky and Scottish Hills Whisky, empty bottles and a drum consisting of around 200 litres of liquid were discovered,” NAFDAC mentioned.

Additional examination of the facilities exposed bottle caps, sealing devices, empty bottles, containers and tank including unknown liquid mixes, together with filthy screens apparently utilized throughout production.

Authorities likewise found plastic containers and 200-litre drums holding ethanol, consisting of some consisting of tree bark taken in the compound, raising issues about the security of alcohols possibly produced at the center.

• “The approximated worth of the devices, products and center parts is over N500 million,” the firm divulged.

NAFDAC prompted Nigerians to report believed unlawful production operations through its main interaction channels to support continuous enforcement efforts.

NAFDAC heightens counterfeit alcohol crackdown

The most recent discovery contributes to a series of enforcement operations targeting fake alcohols and product packaging products throughout significant business centres in Nigeria.

4 days previously, NAFDAC took fake liquor product packaging products valued at over N200 million throughout an operation targeting 5 stores at the Old Court Road Market in Aba, Abia State.

• In a different operation at the International Trade Fair Complex in Lagos, the firm seized fake liquors approximated to be worth more than N2 billion.
• The Lagos operation revealed more than 20 unlawful shops where thought counterfeiters were apparently blending and mimicing popular alcohols, extending the expiration dates of hazardous items and keeping restricted imported drinks for resale.

The discoveries highlight the scale of believed counterfeit alcohol production and circulation activities revealed by the company throughout various parts of the nation.

NAFDAC imposes restriction on alcohol sachets

Beyond its crackdown on fake items, NAFDAC has actually heightened enforcement versus alcohols offered in forbidden product packaging formats, especially sachets and little plastic bottles.

• In July 2026, the company released an across the country workout to get rid of liquors packaged in sachets and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles with capabilities listed below 200 millilitres from the marketplace, as part of efforts to implement constraints on these items.
• Days after the workout started, NAFDAC closed down 3 factories in Ogun State for presumably producing liquors in prohibited sachets and PET bottles listed below the allowed capability.

The enforcement procedures form part of the firm’s wider efforts to deal with the production, product packaging and circulation of alcohols that stop working to adhere to regulative requirements.