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29/09/2011
Illegal Medicines Seized In Republic
Over €150k worth of counterfeit medicines have been seized after a week long international operation.
The Irish Medicines Board, Customs and Gardaí have seized over 51,600 counterfeit and illegal medicines in a bid to clamp down on the Internet sale of illegal medicines.
Tablets, capsules and creams were seized when 492 packages were detained by customs in Ireland.
Most of the substances were for weight loss, erectile dysfunction or were mood stabilisers.
Other substances found were steroids, antibiotics, painkillers, cardiac medicines, cholesterol lowering products, cancer medicines and insulin.
Many of the products have either too little or too much active ingredient, have no active ingredient at all or contain banned substances.
The initiative was part of an international week of action co-ordinated by Interpol and involved over 80 countries.
About 1.2 million suspect doses were discovered during the operation as a whole.
More than £5 million-worth of unlicensed pharmaceuticals were found across the globe and it is being hailed as the "largest operation of its kind".
Seizures relating to the industry in Britain have risen sixfold over the past year, according to figures from the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency.
The Interpol-led operation, which concluded on Tuesday also came after two English schoolgirls were admitted to hospital with heart problems caused by weight loss pills bought online.
(LB/BMcC)
The Irish Medicines Board, Customs and Gardaí have seized over 51,600 counterfeit and illegal medicines in a bid to clamp down on the Internet sale of illegal medicines.
Tablets, capsules and creams were seized when 492 packages were detained by customs in Ireland.
Most of the substances were for weight loss, erectile dysfunction or were mood stabilisers.
Other substances found were steroids, antibiotics, painkillers, cardiac medicines, cholesterol lowering products, cancer medicines and insulin.
Many of the products have either too little or too much active ingredient, have no active ingredient at all or contain banned substances.
The initiative was part of an international week of action co-ordinated by Interpol and involved over 80 countries.
About 1.2 million suspect doses were discovered during the operation as a whole.
More than £5 million-worth of unlicensed pharmaceuticals were found across the globe and it is being hailed as the "largest operation of its kind".
Seizures relating to the industry in Britain have risen sixfold over the past year, according to figures from the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency.
The Interpol-led operation, which concluded on Tuesday also came after two English schoolgirls were admitted to hospital with heart problems caused by weight loss pills bought online.
(LB/BMcC)
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