{"id":92080,"date":"2018-05-18T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=fc35fabfe02e9ef515d4c027a1ad32ab"},"modified":"2018-05-18T15:11:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T15:11:00","slug":"press-release-devious-duo-sentenced-for-the-import-of-potent-meds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=92080","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Devious duo sentenced for the import of potent meds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following an investigation by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), two million doses of potent drugs were seized, the Agency\u2019s largest ever seizure at the time.<\/p>\n

Both Gaffar and Patel pleaded guilty to multiple counts of conspiracy to sell potent anxiety pills, cancer drugs and powerful painkillers such as tramadol. London-based Patel was assisted by Gaffar who made regular trips from Leicester to transport unlicensed medicines and help Patel with his illegal business.<\/p>\n

During a 2015 operation, an undercover operative instructed by MHRA, met with Gaffar, who claimed he had \u2018a present from India\u2019 and as he passed over the parcel of unlicensed medicines, exclaimed \u201cwith me you get better stuff\u201d.<\/p>\n

Gaffar and Patel received 21 months and 3 years immediate custody respectively.<\/p>\n

Alastair Jeffrey, MHRA Head of Enforcement said:<\/h3>\n
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Medicines purchased outside the regulated supply chain can be dangerous, and there is no assurance of quality and standards. There can be devastating consequences to your health.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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We are cracking down on perpetrators to make sure this type of crime does not pay.
\nMHRA is currently running the #FakeMeds campaign to warn people against buying potentially dangerous or useless unlicensed medicines sold by illegal online suppliers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Visit http:\/\/www.gov.uk\/fakemeds<\/a> for tips on buying medicines safely online and how to avoid unscrupulous sites.<\/p>\n

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Media enquiries<\/h3>\n
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\nNews centre<\/span>
\nMHRA
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\n151 Buckingham Palace Road
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\nVictoria<\/span>
\nLondon<\/span>
\nSW1W 9SZ<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n Email<\/span>
\n newscentre@mhra.gov.uk<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\n During office hours:<\/span>
\n 020 3080 7651 (08:30 – 17:00)\n <\/p>\n

\n Out of office hours:<\/span>
\n 07770 446 189 (17:00 – 08:30)\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm. For real-time updates including the latest press releases and news statements, see our Twitter channel at https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mhrapress<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Naushad Gaffar and Asif Patel were sentenced at Southwark Crown court today after \u00a35,072,886 worth of unlicensed drugs were found in their possession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}