Illegal sex pills seized in raids

NST: SEREMBAN: The state Health Department on Wednesday seized 270 types of illegal medicines worth RM58,000, promoted as sexual aids.
The enforcement unit, with officers from Malacca, along with the narcotics unit, carried out an operation about 3.30pm, focusing on six medicine peddlers in Jalan Utham Singh.
Department director Dr Zainal Ariffin Omar said among the brands seized were Cialis, Viagra, Powerman, American Viagra, France T253, One Night 8 Times, Fly D5, Yuan Ye, Street Evil Overload and Playboy Cream, all from China.
"We are clamping down on the sale of illegal medicines because they are a health hazard.
"The medicines seized are not registered with the Health Ministry.
"We believe they contain sidenafil and tadalafil, which can be dangerous to those with allergies and asthma, hypertension and heart disease."
Dr Zainal said people should not buy medicines from street vendors or unlicensed medicine shops.
"They should be careful and make sure what they buy is registered with the Health Ministry.
"Medicines registered by the ministry should carry the MAL registration code as well as a Meditag security hologram label.
"Registered medicines are guaranteed to be safe, of quality and effective."