Erectile dysfunction medications seized in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

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

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

He will now be the 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 kinds of products being offered, normally online, have actually gone through no quality control and there can be no guarantee about their security.

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