More than 120,000 counterfeit and illegal tablets have been seized in Ireland as part of the largest ever international clampdown on the sale of on-line medicines.

Gardaí, Customs Officers and the Irish Medicines Board made the seizures during a week of action around the world.

The seizures in Ireland are worth around €375,000.

Over 100 countries took part in this Interpol coordinated initiative named ‘Operation Pangea 5′ which took place last week.

79 people were arrested world-wide and around 18,000 illegal on-line pharmacy websites were shut down.

Over 120,000 tablets and capsules with an estimated value of €375,000 were detained in Ireland.

4 people were also arrested here.

The counterfeit tablets were mainly for weight loss and erectile dysfunction as well as mood stabilisers.

4 websites in Ireland were brought into compliance with the removal of certain ads and 2 other websites were notified to the Irish Domain Name Registrar to withdraw the registrations.

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