Erectile dysfunction medications took in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

A guy was interviewed by department officers about illegally importing and subsequently providing impotence medications by means of the web.

The 47-year-old was likewise questioned about other medicine offences.

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 senior enforcement workplace, Peter Moore, said: "It is crucial that we get the message throughout that unlicensed medications can be harmful.

"These kinds of items being offered, generally online, have actually gone through no quality control and there can be no warranty about their security.

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