WINNIPEG – Police and border guards in Manitoba say they’ve seized a shipment of counterfeit drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction. And officials warn anyone using the fake Viagra and Levitra could be surprised or disappointed by the result.
In a news release Friday, RCMP say they were alerted by Canada Border Services agents last month to 2400 Viagra and Levitra pills concealed inside a shipment of electric cooking pots from China. Police estimate the shipment to have a retail value of about $47,000.
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“The pills were in blister packs with batch numbers and expiry dates just like authentic pills, and contain varying amounts of the active ingredient, anywhere from zero to three or four times the active ingredient,” says RCMP Corporal John Montgomery.
Police wouldn’t say where the shipment was intercepted on March 12th.
Officers also warn there is little or no quality control on the bootleg drugs.
“Often these fakes have fillers such as talcum powder, crushed wall board, other drugs or any other number of non-medicinal ingredients and are often colored with blue paint.”
No one has been arrested.
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