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Fake weight loss medicines worth approximately £2 million were seized last night in a raid executed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and West Midlands Police.
Authorities seized counterfeit retatrutide and tirzepatide pens in an industrial unit in Birmingham as part of action against illegal weight loss medicines.
More than 12,000 counterfeit weight-loss pens were discovered at a Birmingham industrial unit, along with packaging for around 30,000 more products. The MRA warned the jabs could contain harmful substances