Erectile dysfunction medications seized in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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