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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nicole Wootton-Cane

Fake weight-loss jabs worth £250,000 seized in first-of-its-kind raid

Around £250,000 worth of fake weight-loss jabs have been seized in what is thought to be the biggest crackdown on the illicit medicines worldwide.

Officers uncovered tens of thousands of empty weight-loss pens ready to be filled, raw chemical ingredients, and more than 2,000 unlicensed retatrutide and tirzepatide pens in a raid on a warehouse in Northampton.

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