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A worldwide crack-down on the sale of fake and unlicensed medicines on the internet has netted ?6.5m of drugs.
UK drug officials took part in a series of co-ordinated raids with Interpol and agencies from more than 100 different countries over the past nine days.
A total of 79 people have been arrested over the distribution of the "medicines" and tests carried out on the drugs seized.
In the UK, 10 different addresses were raided as part of Operation Pangea.
BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme accompanied the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the UK drugs regulator, on one of the raids in Kingston, Surrey.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19826802
UK drug officials took part in a series of co-ordinated raids with Interpol and agencies from more than 100 different countries over the past nine days.
A total of 79 people have been arrested over the distribution of the "medicines" and tests carried out on the drugs seized.
In the UK, 10 different addresses were raided as part of Operation Pangea.
BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme accompanied the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the UK drugs regulator, on one of the raids in Kingston, Surrey.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19826802