UK shuts Internet sites selling illegal meds
Posted on: Thursday, 27 April 2006, 07:34 CDT
LONDON (Agence de Presse Medicale) - Several Internet sites were shut down and arrests made on Wednesday in a coordinated UK operation against illegal drug sales.
In a statement, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said it had investigated 27 Internet sites, which were supplying unlicensed medicines claiming to treat obesity, impotency, herpes and other ailments.
During the raids police officers seized unlicensed medicines, computers, documents and cash.
"Today's operations were conducted in Reading, Worcestershire, Hayes, West Drayton, Bedford, Wigan, Halisham, and Newhaven," the agency said. "The police accompanied the MHRA officers in a number of cases and arrests were made by the Sussex Police and Thames Valley Police in connection with offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act."
Source: REUTERS
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