Erectile dysfunction medications seized in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

A male was spoken with by department officers about unlawfully importing and consequently providing unlicensed impotence medicines through the web.

The 47-year-old was also questioned about other .

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 workplace, Peter Moore, stated: "It is crucial that we get the message across that unlicensed medicines can be hazardous.

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

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