Erectile dysfunction medicines seized in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

A man was spoken with by department officers about illegally importing and consequently supplying unlicensed impotence medications through the internet.

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 brought out by the department's Medicines Regulatory Group.

Its senior enforcement workplace, Peter Moore, stated: "It is crucial that we get the message throughout that unlicensed medicines can be unsafe.

"These types of items being offered, normally online, have undergone no quality control and there can be no about their safety.

"You merely do not know what you are taking or the conditions these items were made in. More notably, you do not know the effect drugs like this might have on your health."