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76,560 packets of illegal medicines seized from UAE apartment

Abu Dhabi - Ministry receive tip-off about a huge number of medicine boxes being transported by a car.

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Published: Sun 29 Apr 2018, 1:59 PM

As many as 76,560 packets of unregistered medicines, as well as 136 pharmaceutical products, being stored in poor condition in an apartment were seized by a team of health inspectors in one of the emirates, UAE news agency wam reported on Saturday.
Dr Amin Hussein Al Amiri, assistant undersecretary for the UAE Ministry of Health's Public Health Policy and License Sector, said the ministry received tip-off that a huge number of medicine boxes were being transported to an apartment by a car that had the name of a medical company on it. A team from the ministry, along with the police, went to the location, monitored it, and raided the apartment.
The team seized all the medicines in the building and sent them to laboratory for quality check. The police are investigating the incident to make sure there aren't more apartments being used for the same purpose. 
Al Amiri stated that the ministry has cancelled that licence of the company's warehouse, and seized its licence of operation. He added that all persons responsible behind the incident would be brought to justice.
He further added that strict standards must be set, in cooperation with Federal Customs Authority, to prevent such products from entering the country and to also control the performance of shipping companies, wherein they must get permission from the ministry to bring in such medicines inside the UAE.
He also called on people to contact the ministry if anyone notices any illegal storage of medicines in houses or in unauthorised warehouses, which could endanger people's lives.
He emphasised that everybody has a social responsibility.
Al Amiri noted that the ministry could be contacted by phone on 80011111 or online or by contacting the police.


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