The Nigerian police apprehended Nonso Nwobodo, a 39-year-old trader, for the fraudulent act of repackaging locally produced rice into bags labeled as foreign rice to maximize profits in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The incident transpired on Saturday around 4:15 pm at Plot 740 in the Durumi area of the FCT, as per reports from SaharaReporters.
According to a government insider, Nonso was caught in the act of repackaging locally sourced rice into bags labeled as foreign, intending to mislead consumers into believing they were purchasing imported rice. A total of 160 bags, varying in size from 5kg to 50kg, had been resealed to mimic foreign rice packaging and confiscated during the operation.
The source said, “Nonso Nwobodo was re-packaging local rice to a different designed foreign bags of rice with an attempt to sell them as foreign rice.
“He was arrested with 160 bags of different sizes of rice ranging from 5kg to 50kg already rebagged to look like foreign rice. 53 empty bags of local rice that had been already rebagged to foreign bags were recovered.
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“While 590 new empty foreign bags of rice that are yet to be filled with rice were also recovered at the scene. Police have confiscated the rice,” the source added.
Efforts to contact Josephine Adeh, the FCT police spokesperson, proved unsuccessful as she did not respond to calls or messages.
(Saharareporters)
