Nigeria, March 8 -- The police in Delta State, south-south Nigeria, have arrested a laboratory technician for allegedly operating an illegal blood bank from a hairdresser's salon and selling unscreened blood to other laboratory technicians.

The police spokesperson in the state, Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a video posted on X on Saturday.

Mr Edafe was seen in the video parading and interviewing the suspects.

About eight pints of blood were seen displayed on a table in the video.

Mr Edafe said the main suspect, identified as Adeje Uchenna, 40, was a certified laboratory technician who allegedly supplied blood obtained without proper medical screening.

"The other day, we arrested a suspect who was operating an illegal blood bank. To...