Erectile dysfunction medicines took in Glengormley

8 April 2011

Large amounts of unlicensed medicines have actually been seized by Department of during a search of a house in Glengormley.

A man was talked to by department officers about unlawfully importing and subsequently providing unlicensed impotence medications by means of the internet.

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

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, said: "It is crucial that we get the message across that unlicensed medications can be unsafe.

"These types of items being sold, normally online, have actually gone through no quality control and there can be no warranty about their safety.

"You just 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."