Erectile dysfunction medicines seized in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

A male was talked to by department officers about illegally importing and consequently providing unlicensed impotence through 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 carried out by the department's Medicines Regulatory Group.

Its senior enforcement office, Peter Moore, said: "It is important that we get the message throughout that unlicensed medicines can be harmful.

"These kinds of items being offered, normally online, have actually undergone no quality assurance and there can be no guarantee about their security.

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