Erectile dysfunction medications seized in Glengormley

8 April 2011

Large quantities of unlicensed medicines have been seized by Department of Health authorities throughout a search of a home in Glengormley.

A male was interviewed by department officers about illegally importing and consequently providing unlicensed impotence medicines via the web.

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

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

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

Its senior enforcement workplace, Peter Moore, said: "It is vital that we get the message throughout that unlicensed medications can be hazardous.

"These kinds of items being offered, normally online, have actually 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 understand the impact drugs like this might have on your health."