Interpol bust online illegal pharmacy racket

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751 websites engaged in illegal online pharmacies selling dangerous and illegal drugs has been uncovered by Interpol. Singapore and Thailand were involved. According to Interpol secretary-general Ronald K. Noble, the agency's primary goal was to protect the public by removing counterfeit and illicit medicines from the market. It did this by shutting down those engaged in illegal sales on the web and by criminally prosecuting those potentially putting the lives of innocent consumers at risk. 72 websites were removed and 995 packages inspected by investigators and Customs officials, while 167,000 illicit and counterfeit pills such as antibiotics, steroids and slimming pills were confiscated.

United States alone for this illegal business was estimated at around US$30mil (RM105mil). In India, the Narcotics Control Bureau arrested three suspects in Hyderabad suspected of operating an illegal internet pharmacy, selling drugs that needed prescription. Indian investigators discovered drugs worth nearly RM3.7mil.

Comment on this issue:

In my opinion, I think people that distribute drugs and other dangerous stuffs such as steroid, pills and so on should be punished by violating the function of the internet and distributing drugs in Malaysia which could lead to death sentence. Those websites should be terminated totally globally and sources must be found by them who in charge. Operations must be launched on not only Thailand and Singapore but Malaysia as well. The reason is because Malaysia is in between both coutry that involved in this case, I think probably Malaysian involved in this as well but not as serious as both of these countries.