Erectile dysfunction medicines took in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

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

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

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

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

Its senior enforcement office, Peter Moore, stated: "It is vital that we get the message across that unlicensed medicines can be hazardous.

"These types of items being offered, typically online, have actually undergone no quality assurance and there can be no warranty about their security.

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