Erectile dysfunction seized in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

A male was interviewed by department officers about unlawfully importing and consequently supplying unlicensed impotence medications by means of the web.

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

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

"These types of products being sold, normally online, have actually undergone no quality control and there can be no guarantee about their security.

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