Ivory Coast seizes 200 tonnes of fake medicines: police

Police in Ivory Coast seized 200 tonnes of fake medicines in Abidjan this week, arresting four suspects including one Chinese national, the gendarmerie told AFP Saturday.

The haul included fake medicines and drugs that were not-full strength, packed into a two-storey house that also had a basement, said a spokesman.

"In the house, all the rooms contained medicines and sometimes there was only just space to move."