Erectile dysfunction medications seized in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

A man was talked to by department officers about unlawfully importing and subsequently supplying unlicensed impotence medicines via the web.

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

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

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

Its senior enforcement workplace, Peter Moore, said: "It is crucial that we get the message throughout that unlicensed medications can be harmful.

"These kinds of products being sold, generally online, have gone through 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 products were made in. More importantly, you do not know the result drugs like this may have on your health."