Erectile dysfunction medicines took in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

A man was interviewed by department officers about unlawfully importing and consequently supplying unlicensed impotence medicines through the internet.

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

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

"These types of items being offered, usually online, have actually undergone no quality control and there can be no guarantee about their safety.

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