The first illicit production facility for weight loss medicine found in the UK has been dismantled.
The discovery, in Northampton, led to the largest single seizure of trafficked weight loss drugs ever recorded by a law enforcement agency worldwide, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said.
It said it seized tens of thousands of empty weight loss pens ready to be filled, raw chemical ingredients and more than 2,000 unlicensed Retatrutide and Tirzepatide pens due to be sent to customers.
Andy Morling, head of MHRA's criminal enforcement unit, said: "These products are untested, unauthorised and potentially deadly."
People should be "extremely cautious" when buying medicines online and only get them from a registered pharmacy, he said.
