Two men have been arrested after 90,000 illegal counterfeit Viagra tablets were discovered in a flat.
They were detained after police and health officials from the MHRA
raided the home and a lock-up in central Brighton as part of an
international crack down on illegal and fake dangerous drugs.
Investigators revealed they had discovered the fake tablets along with 4,800 Valium pills in the raids. Two men, both middle-aged and from Brighton, were arrested on
suspicion of selling the fake erectile dysfunction tablets via an
unlicensed website.
The fake Viagra tablets which were found were called Kamagra which
are an Indian counterfeit of the original licensed Pfizer brand, which
sale of them in the UK is illegal.
The Interpol-led operation saw officers from the Medicines and
Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA), supported by Sussex Police, raided
the Brighton locations after receiving intelligence.
A spokeswoman from the MHRA said the two men who had been arrested were not related.
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Customs in Germany have seized a record loot of drugs designed for illegal doping in sport
Customs in Germany have seized a record loot of drugs designed for illegal doping in sport, German media report. Anabolic steroids were among the drugs worth millions of pounds, found in a warehouse at Nidda-Wallernhausen, in the central German state of Hessen.ARD television said the many ampoules and tablets had come from illegal labs in Europe, India, Pakistan and China.
Dozens of suspects were questioned in Germany and Austria. One person is under arrest in Hessen, a spokesman for the state prosecutor's office in Giessen said. Viagra and hormone pills were among the two tonnes of drugs seized in Hessen, spokesman Jochen Fabrizius told the BBC. The German trafficking ring had posted drugs internationally to customers who used mail-order websites, investigators say. "The investigation is continuing.
The drugs were targeted at bodybuilders," Mr Fabrizius said, adding that the trade had probably been going on since 2007. The Spiegel news website says there are suspicions that some top athletes were also ordering the drugs. The raw chemicals for the drugs are believed to have come from labs in India which used cheap labour.
Dozens of suspects were questioned in Germany and Austria. One person is under arrest in Hessen, a spokesman for the state prosecutor's office in Giessen said. Viagra and hormone pills were among the two tonnes of drugs seized in Hessen, spokesman Jochen Fabrizius told the BBC. The German trafficking ring had posted drugs internationally to customers who used mail-order websites, investigators say. "The investigation is continuing.
The drugs were targeted at bodybuilders," Mr Fabrizius said, adding that the trade had probably been going on since 2007. The Spiegel news website says there are suspicions that some top athletes were also ordering the drugs. The raw chemicals for the drugs are believed to have come from labs in India which used cheap labour.
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