Erectile dysfunction medicines seized in Glengormley

8 April 2011

Large quantities of unlicensed medications have been seized by Department of Health officials throughout a search of a home in Glengormley.

A male was spoken with by department officers about illegally and consequently supplying unlicensed impotence medicines via the internet.

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

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

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

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

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

"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."