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Operation Pangea XVIII: UK Border operation intercepts millions of dangerous medicines across two weeks
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MHRA and UK Border Force crack down on the illegal medicines trade in intensive 14-day international operation.
Over two million doses of illicit medicines with an estimated value of £4.6 million have been seized in a 14-day enforcement operation carried out in the UK as part of Operation Pangea XVIII, the world’s largest coordinated initiative aimed at tackling the illegal medicines trade.
HSA takes down nearly 1,000 illegal health product listings; over 80% were for contact lenses
More than 6,600 items were also seized during a two-week operation that was part of an Interpol-led global crackdown on illegal health products.
SINGAPORE: In a two-week crackdown on illegal health products sold on local e-commerce and social media platforms, authorities took down 959 listings, more than 82 per cent of which were for unregistered contact lenses.
The listings also included prescription-only skin creams for acne and eczema, sexual enhancement medicines, nasal aspirators and nasal sprays, as well as oxygen concentrators.
The Health Sciences Authority said on Thursday (May 7) that it had issued warnings to 152 sellers.
The surge in illegal contact lens listings online comes after a fall in such listings in 2025.
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