Erectile dysfunction medications seized in Glengormley

8 April 2011

Large quantities of have been taken by Department of Health officials throughout a search of a house in Glengormley.

A man was interviewed by department officers about unlawfully importing and subsequently supplying unlicensed impotence medications through 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 brought out 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 harmful.

"These kinds of products being offered, usually online, have undergone no quality assurance and there can be no guarantee 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 result drugs like this might have on your health."