Polish police announced Wednesday an unprecedented raid of a factory that produced counterfeit pills for erectile dysfunction and steroids; the raid was a hard strike against counterfeit drug trafficking, a trade that hides on the internet and is often difficult to track or prosecute.
The factory, located in the northern city of Bydgoszcz, had a stockpile of over 100,000 Viagra-like pills and 43,000 vials of steroids when police stormed it, according to the AFP. Combined, the confiscated drugs were valued at over $4 million dollars, making for one of the biggest drug seizures of its kind. According to police spokeswoman Agnieszka Hamelusz, the products used for manufacturing the drugs originally came from China, but were shipped to the factory from other countries such as Greece, Great Britain, and Romania.
