Man caught & prosicuted on selling copies of Viagra & Cialis

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Mr Gwyn Edge Evans (56) from The Cottage, Millwood Rise, Overton-on-Dee, Wrexham, LL13 0EL was fined £4,000 and £1,500 costs at Southwark Crown Court on 20 October 2008 after pleading guilty to four offences under the Medicines Act 1968 for the illegal assembly, sale and supply of unlicensed medicines, including some sex drugs. The sentencing followed a prosecution by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

Mr Evans imported unlicensed medicines through his Wrexham-based company G E Evans Holding Company between 25 May 2005 and 27 July 2006. These medicines had been exported from India on behalf of a buyer in Mauritius, addressed to Mr Evans’ company. MHRA investigators visited Mr Evans’ company and found in the corner of his office two tall storage cabinets containing a number of small storage containers on the shelves. Each container contained capsules or tablets in vacuum sealed packets of varying sizes. The contents were unlicensed medicines in the form of Sildenafil and Tadalafil (both used to treat erectile dysfunction), Carisoprodol (used as a muscle relaxant) and Sibutramine Hydrochloride (used to treat obesity). Some 91,000 tablets were seized along with a bundle of documentation which contained records of imports received by the company. In addition to this quantity, 65,670 similar tablets and capsules were seized at Stansted Airport and a document was also identified that showed Mr Evans’ company were in receipt of some 22 consignments of unlicensed medicines between May 2005 and February 2006. These shipments totalled some 475,764 tablets and capsules.

Mick Deats, Group Manager of Enforcement at the MHRA said, “This investigation clearly demonstrates our commitment to safeguard public health. It is essential that medicines for human use are sold safely and licensed correctly. It is right that people like Mr Evans are punished when these rules are flouted. This should serve as a deterrent to others who have little or no regard for public health or the Medicines Act.”