Six million counterfeit Viagra tablets seized at Heathrow in 2010
16.03.11
Six million 'potentially dangerous' fake and unlicensed Viagra tablets were seized at Heathrow Airport last year, the UK Borders Agency has revealed. The counterfeit drugs, discovered in freight deliveries, were among eight and a half million tablets, worth around £13m, seized across the country in 2010.
Fake versions of the drug, usually made in laboratories in the Far East, can contain harmful ingredients and are unlikely to have the desired effect. Genuine but unlicensed tablets, usually imported from India, contain the active ingredient but have not been through the rigorous tests needed to sell medicines in the UK and EU.
Seizures were made at Heathrow, Stansted and Birmingham Airports and also at postal hubs in Coventry and London. Brodie Clark, head of border force for UKBA, said: ‘This massive haul makes it clear just how seriously we take the smuggling of fake and unlicensed medicines.’
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