Erectile dysfunction medications took in Glengormley

8 April 2011

Large amounts of unlicensed medications have actually been seized by Department of Health officials during a search of a house in Glengormley.

A man was spoken with by department officers about illegally importing and consequently supplying unlicensed impotence medicines by means of the web.

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

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

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

Its office, Peter Moore, said: "It is vital that we get the message throughout that unlicensed medications can be unsafe.

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

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