Erectile dysfunction medications took in Glengormley

8 April 2011

Large quantities of unlicensed medications have been seized by Department of Health authorities during a search of a house in Glengormley.

A guy was talked to by department officers about and subsequently supplying unlicensed impotence medicines by means of the web.

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

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

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

Its senior enforcement workplace, Peter Moore, said: "It is vital that we get the message across that unlicensed medications can be hazardous.

"These types of items being offered, normally online, have actually gone through no quality assurance and there can be no warranty about their safety.

"You simply 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 may have on your health."