Erectile dysfunction medicines took 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 man was interviewed by department officers about unlawfully importing and consequently supplying unlicensed impotence medications through the web.

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

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

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

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

"These types of items being sold, normally online, have actually gone through no quality assurance and there can be no guarantee about their security.

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