Erectile dysfunction medicines took in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

A man was interviewed by department officers about unlawfully importing and consequently supplying unlicensed impotence medicines via the internet.

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

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

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

Its senior enforcement workplace, Peter Moore, stated: "It is essential that we get the message across that unlicensed medications can be unsafe.

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

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