Erectile dysfunction medicines seized in Glengormley

8 April 2011

Large amounts of unlicensed medicines have actually been seized by Department of Health officials throughout a search of a home in Glengormley.

A male was talked to by department officers about unlawfully importing and consequently providing unlicensed impotence medicines via the internet.

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

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

The search was carried out by the Regulatory Group.

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

"These kinds of items being offered, typically online, have actually gone through no quality assurance and there can be no assurance 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 understand the result drugs like this may have on your health."