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MHRA alerts people about unlawful supply of controlled medicines through Internet
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A British man has been sent to prison after being convicted of supplying counterfeit drugs and unlawfully supplying controlled medications.
Mr. Harish Gami, 41, was sentenced to 8 months in prison, which was suspended for two years, after the trial at Aylesbury Crown Court.
Mr. Gami was arrested after the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) launched an investigation into his online activities. When his house in Aylesbury was raided, they discovered counterfeit Viagra, Cialis and Levitra, as well an unlicensed erectile dysfunction medication Kamagra.
They also found controlled medications to treat anxiety, including Valium, Alpazolam, Clonazepam, Tamazepam, and Zolpidem.
In total the law enforcement agents seized 86,000 Valium tablets and a further 11,500 medicinal products from the property. They were found stored in bin liners and shopping bags, hidden inside a wall unit under the stairs.
It is thought that Mr. Gami obtained the illegal drugs by having them sent via a courier company from Pakistan. He then sold them online, promising that he was selling genuine Viagra and Valium. All the medications he offered were either unlicensed or sold without a doctor’s prescription, putting consumer’s health at risk.
The news comes as pharmaceutical regulators and drugs companies, including the manufacturers of Viagra Pfizer, launched an advertising campaign warning consumers of the dangers of buying medications from unlicensed suppliers over the internet.
In recent years, there has been growing concern over the illegal sales of medications through internet companies, particularly those selling erectile dysfunction medications like Viagra online. While there are clinics and pharmacies that sell genuine Viagra and sell Viagra online legally, criminal gangs have increasingly been turning to this lucrative market to tout counterfeit drugs.
The practice has boomed due to men being too embarrassed to visit their doctor about their erectile dysfunction problems and patients seeking cheaper medications. However the drugs sold are often manufactured in illegal factories and contain any number of dangerous ingredients.
The head of the MHRA Enforcement Mick Deats said about the case, “Mr Gami was in possession of almost 100,000 doses of counterfeit and illegal medicines which would have been distributed through illegal websites.
"The MHRA strongly advises people against buying medicines online from unregulated websites where the risk of being provided with a dangerous product is greatly increased."
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