Erectile dysfunction medicines seized in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

A guy was interviewed by department officers about unlawfully importing and subsequently supplying unlicensed impotence via the web.

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

He will now be the subject of a report to the general public Prosecution Service.

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

Its senior enforcement office, Peter Moore, said: "It is important that we get the message across that unlicensed medications can be dangerous.

"These types of items being offered, typically online, have actually gone through no quality assurance and there can be no warranty about their security.

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