Erectile dysfunction medicines took in Glengormley

8 April 2011

Large quantities of unlicensed medicines have been taken by Department of Health authorities throughout a search of a house in Glengormley.

A male was talked to by department officers about illegally importing and subsequently providing unlicensed impotence medications via the web.

The 47-year-old was likewise questioned about other medicine offences.

He will now be the topic of a report to the Public Prosecution Service.

The search was performed by the department’s Medicines Regulatory Group.

Its senior enforcement office, Peter Moore, stated: “It is essential that we get the message throughout that unlicensed medicines can be harmful.

“These kinds of products being sold, generally online, have actually no quality control and there can be no warranty about their security.

“You simply do not know what you are taking or the conditions these items were made in. More significantly, you do not understand the result drugs like this might have on your health.”