A woman in her 30s has been cautioned after police seized suspected unlicensed products during searches of two business addresses in Lurgan, County Armagh.
The searches took place on Thursday and were carried out by detectives from the PSNI’s Organised Crime Branch. One of the addresses was a beauty treatment business, where officers seized what police described as “a significant quantity of suspected unlicensed products”.
Investigation launched
The woman was cautioned on suspicion of possessing and supplying unlicensed medicinal products, as well as possessing prescription-only medicines. The report does not state that she has been charged, and the investigation remains ongoing.
The searches and seizure form part of a police probe into suspected offences involving medicinal and prescription-only products. No further details about the businesses or the products seized have been released.
Police warning over beauty treatments
Detective Inspector Conor Sweeney, from the PSNI’s Organised Crime Branch, urged people to take care when choosing cosmetic and beauty treatments.
“Always use reputable practitioners who can demonstrate that any medicinal product has been lawfully prescribed, sourced and administered. Unlicensed or improperly obtained products can pose serious risks to health.”
Police are advising customers to check that practitioners can show medicinal products were lawfully prescribed, sourced and administered. The warning follows the searches at the Lurgan addresses and the seizure from the beauty treatment business.