A doctor illegally obtained pain medication for his bad back from abroad when his GP refused to prescribe it to him.
Hospital medic Mubasher Ahmed had a remote consultation with a medic in Sudan to get a supply of pregablin and diazepam, then had friends bring the pills into the UK. Newcastle Crown Court heard the registrar also had a supply of pregablin being illegally imported from India but the packages were intercepted by Border Force officials.
The 34-year-old, of Priory Avenue, Backworth, North Tyneside, admitted possessing and improper importation of Class C drugs and has put his career in jeopardy. He claimed he had limited knowledge of the way prescriptions work in this country as he was not involved in dispensing in his role but needed pain relief for his back after a failed operation.
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