1:19pm Wednesday 30th January 2008
A MAN has been arrested in Partington on suspicion of selling unlicensed medicine and cultivating cannabis.
The 48-year-old was found at a residence on Hardwick Road today at around 11am with quantities of an unregistered drug called Triamazon, which the offender was allegedly selling online as a cure for cancer. Police also seized the man's computer hard drive and documents.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) teamed up with police in Sale and trading standards to target the unlawful selling of the drugs.
Speaking after the arrest Danny Lee-Frost, head of enforcement and intelligence at the MHRA, said: "People can be at considerable risk if they buy medication from illegal and unregistered websites.
"A medicine bought in this way has no guarentee of safety, quality and effectiveness.
"Today's visit demonstrates our commitment to safeguarding public health and acts as a stark warning to those in the UK who are engaged in any way with supplying medicines illegally.
"We will use all appropriate measures available to stop you, including prosecution and confiscation. The evidence today has shown that people go online hoping to buy a cure for cancer and it has actually been sold to them by a drug dealer in a council house in Manchester.
"We need to hammer home the message that not all online souces selling drugs are safe and educate the public too. If you go online on any unregistered site you don't know what you're buying."
MHRA are running extensive tests on Triamazon, which some websites claim is "100 per cent guaranteed to work" and "puts chemotherapy to shame", and said there is currently no proof that the drug can cure cancer.
Neighbourhood inspector for the Sale area, Brendan O'Brien, said: "There is no UK marketing authorisation for Triamazon. To sell this as a cure for cancer is to pray on people's vulnerabilities at a time when they will try anything to get better and that is despicable so we were happy to work with national enforcement organisations such as MHRA. So for us this has not been a bad result, it has been a good day."
The raid in Sale was one of six nationally for the MHRA's internet day of action, which aimed to crack down on people selling unregistered drugs online.
A spokesperson for MHRA said: "The message we want to put across is that you have to be very careful if you buy your medication online that it is licenced in the UK. If the medicine is unlicensed it means its safety and quality can't be guaranteed. Claims that it does work and can treat and cure cancer should not be made if that's the case."
The offender, whose house on Buxton Crescent in Sale was raided at about 7.30am, claimed Triamazon was herbal and was allegedly selling it for around £250 per course.
Mr Lee-Frost said: "He claims it's herbal but seeing as we don't know what's in it we have to test it for everything. Nothing herbal could cure cancer."
Fid, Birmingham says...
4:53pm Wed 30 Jan 08
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Miranda Harris, Cyprus says...
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William Jefferson, says...
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William Jefferson, says...
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Mark Waddington, Macclesfield, Cheshire says...
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shane, sale says...
4:22pm Sun 3 Feb 08
shane, sale says...
4:22pm Sun 3 Feb 08
tell me, says...
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tell me, says...
10:53pm Mon 4 Feb 08
DANNY SUGGETT, says...
1:08am Tue 5 Feb 08
DANNY SUGGETT, says...
1:08am Tue 5 Feb 08
Miranda Harris, Cyprus says...
5:56am Tue 5 Feb 08
tell me wrote:No you are not missing a slight point, yes the cancer wonder drug as you call it is one issue, and may i say you have no rite to call it a wonder drug, do you have cancer, have you tried it, NO so there fore i suggest you keep your negative thoughts to yourself or share them with the narrowminded corrupt sytem, this man is not taking money off the back of sufferes, he has already inmported into the uk and made made it publicly avaialable for cancer pateince, what do you want him to do gie it away for free, how much do you think it costs him for shipping, the actuall herb, posting, advertising etc, hes not the NHS, just an ordinary man trying to help others, and you say are we forgetting the cultivating cannabis? well ime sure if you speak to any cancer patient you will be assured of how much pain there suffer, and cannabis HAS been proven to reduce the pain, so MR i dont leave a name to my comment??? i suggest you do your research to back up your actions before leaving such neggative comments.
are we missing a slight point? the \'cancer curing wonder drug\' is one issue, however are we forgetting the cultivating cannabis aspect, or is that merley being brushed over? is he claiming a higher purpose for this too? if, and i dont know enough about the drug triamazon really works, one would presume it is being sold at a profit, then this chap is no better than the fatally holed health system which seems to grant life saving drugs on a postcode lottery. one could be tempted to class him as a modern day \'spiv\' a person ready to make money off the back of sufferes. a black marketeer in one of the worse senses. has a crusader lost his way in the face of cashing in?
Miranda Harris, Cyprus says...
5:56am Tue 5 Feb 08
tell me wrote:No you are not missing a slight point, yes the cancer wonder drug as you call it is one issue, and may i say you have no rite to call it a wonder drug, do you have cancer, have you tried it, NO so there fore i suggest you keep your negative thoughts to yourself or share them with the narrowminded corrupt sytem, this man is not taking money off the back of sufferes, he has already inmported into the uk and made made it publicly avaialable for cancer pateince, what do you want him to do gie it away for free, how much do you think it costs him for shipping, the actuall herb, posting, advertising etc, hes not the NHS, just an ordinary man trying to help others, and you say are we forgetting the cultivating cannabis? well ime sure if you speak to any cancer patient you will be assured of how much pain there suffer, and cannabis HAS been proven to reduce the pain, so MR i dont leave a name to my comment??? i suggest you do your research to back up your actions before leaving such neggative comments.
are we missing a slight point? the \'cancer curing wonder drug\' is one issue, however are we forgetting the cultivating cannabis aspect, or is that merley being brushed over? is he claiming a higher purpose for this too? if, and i dont know enough about the drug triamazon really works, one would presume it is being sold at a profit, then this chap is no better than the fatally holed health system which seems to grant life saving drugs on a postcode lottery. one could be tempted to class him as a modern day \'spiv\' a person ready to make money off the back of sufferes. a black marketeer in one of the worse senses. has a crusader lost his way in the face of cashing in?
now then, says...
12:08am Wed 6 Feb 08
now then, says...
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Miranda Harris, Cyprus says...
7:33am Mon 11 Feb 08
now then wrote:I never said he was a knight in shining armour, and you say I am ill educated for my spelling! well although I did not get the best of education I CAN spell thank you, I am sure we all make typing mistakes from time to time, well that is an different issue not open for discussion, Ime not the one on the high horse trying to correct others here, well back to the subject, Father or not, even if i did not know the man my veiws on this would sure be the same, well i have nothing more on the matter to say to you, lets just see that we are all individuals and have different views on any subject, so I would rather not have petty argumets with you over comments thank you very much, we shall wait for the outcome in court, and I think you will all be very shocked of the final verdict.
are we still on our high horse? if we are, please get your sbelling rite my deer, as you are just cuming akross ill edukated. yure only making 10 or sew mistakes to my untrained eye, anyhoo lets cut to the chase please. can we measure altruism? if it is true altruism then it is supposed to go un-noticed. i agree that (and if you read what you quoted \\\\\\\'the fatally flawed system\\\\\\\') it is wrong and the lottery based postcode system is horrid, however i must question the percentage markup which is being made. examples of cannabis for medical uses are available. individuals have assisted sufferers of parkinsons, m.s. and m.e., however this has been funded by donations from helpful and concerned citizens. the individuals concerned requested doctors notes. i understand you defending your father and i admire your loyalty. but are we really italic talking about a knight in shining armour or a person slightly less perfect?
Miranda Harris, Cyprus says...
7:33am Mon 11 Feb 08
now then wrote:I never said he was a knight in shining armour, and you say I am ill educated for my spelling! well although I did not get the best of education I CAN spell thank you, I am sure we all make typing mistakes from time to time, well that is an different issue not open for discussion, Ime not the one on the high horse trying to correct others here, well back to the subject, Father or not, even if i did not know the man my veiws on this would sure be the same, well i have nothing more on the matter to say to you, lets just see that we are all individuals and have different views on any subject, so I would rather not have petty argumets with you over comments thank you very much, we shall wait for the outcome in court, and I think you will all be very shocked of the final verdict.
are we still on our high horse? if we are, please get your sbelling rite my deer, as you are just cuming akross ill edukated. yure only making 10 or sew mistakes to my untrained eye, anyhoo lets cut to the chase please. can we measure altruism? if it is true altruism then it is supposed to go un-noticed. i agree that (and if you read what you quoted \\\\\\\'the fatally flawed system\\\\\\\') it is wrong and the lottery based postcode system is horrid, however i must question the percentage markup which is being made. examples of cannabis for medical uses are available. individuals have assisted sufferers of parkinsons, m.s. and m.e., however this has been funded by donations from helpful and concerned citizens. the individuals concerned requested doctors notes. i understand you defending your father and i admire your loyalty. but are we really italic talking about a knight in shining armour or a person slightly less perfect?
lynn turnbull, manchester says...
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lynn turnbull, manchester says...
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Fid, Birmingham says...
4:53pm Wed 30 Jan 08
Incidently, Big Pharma pays funds the MHRA.
Coincidence?