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Erectile dysfunction medicines seized in Glengormley

8 April 2011

Large amounts of unlicensed medications have been taken by Department of Health officials during a search of a home in Glengormley.

A male was interviewed by department officers about unlawfully importing and subsequently supplying unlicensed impotence medications through the internet.

The 47 was likewise questioned about other medication offenses.

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

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

Its senior enforcement office, Peter Moore, stated: "It is essential that we get the message throughout that unlicensed medications can be dangerous.

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

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