Erectile dysfunction medications seized in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

A guy was interviewed by department officers about illegally importing and consequently providing unlicensed impotence medications through the internet.

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

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 office, Peter Moore, said: "It is essential that we get the message across that unlicensed medicines can be harmful.

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

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