Erectile dysfunction medicines took in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

A guy was interviewed by department officers about unlawfully importing and subsequently providing unlicensed impotence medicines by means of the internet.

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

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

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

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

"These kinds of products being sold, typically online, have gone through no and there can be no assurance about their security.

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