Raid on London Apartment Finds Three Quarters of a Million Dollars in Fake Drugs
When London police raided an apartment in west London last month, they were looking for visa cheats. What they found instead was over $750,000 worth of counterfeit medications stored in deplorable conditions.
A raid by Home Office Immigration Enforcement officers in West London that was aimed at catching people who had overstayed their visas instead found a vast quantity of unlicensed prescription medications, reports the MHRA. Investigators from the MHRA believe the drugs, which were mostly ED, weight loss, and hair loss treatments, were manufactured in India. Anabolic steroids were also found in the raid.
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When London police raided an apartment in west London last month, they were looking for visa cheats. What they found instead was over $750,000 worth of counterfeit medications stored in deplorable conditions.
A raid by Home Office Immigration Enforcement officers in West London that was aimed at catching people who had overstayed their visas instead found a vast quantity of unlicensed prescription medications, reports the MHRA. Investigators from the MHRA believe the drugs, which were mostly ED, weight loss, and hair loss treatments, were manufactured in India. Anabolic steroids were also found in the raid.
Danny Lee Frost, Head of MHRA Operations, described the revolting setting for packaging the drugs “The quantity of illicit drugs seized in this raid was incredible. The drugs were stored and packaged in filthy conditions – if you could see them you certainly wouldn’t want to take them and would certainly be worried about their quality.”
Investigators found over 150,000 pills stored in the flat. Mr. Frost believes the drugs were being sold via the Internet. He offered some advice to patients who would shop at unregulated online pharmacies, “Buying medicines from an unregulated source could mean you don’t know what you’re getting, where it came from or if it’s safe to take. The dose could be too high or too low, putting your health at risk.”