Erectile dysfunction medications took in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

A guy was spoken with by department officers about unlawfully importing and consequently supplying unlicensed impotence medicines 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 general public Prosecution Service.

The search was performed by the department's Medicines Group.

Its senior enforcement office, Peter Moore, stated: "It is vital that we get the message throughout that unlicensed medications can be harmful.

"These kinds of products being offered, typically online, have actually gone through no quality assurance and there can be no warranty about their safety.

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