Erectile dysfunction medications took in Glengormley

8 April 2011

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

A male was interviewed by about illegally importing and subsequently supplying unlicensed impotence medicines via the internet.

The 47-year-old was also 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 senior enforcement office, Peter Moore, said: "It is vital that we get the message across that unlicensed medicines can be dangerous.

"These types of products being sold, normally online, have gone through no quality control and there can be no warranty about their security.

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