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Raids yield haul of illegal antivirals

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul holds a vial of remdesivir, one of 8,000 illegally imported antiviral drugs from India worth about 10 million baht on Thursday. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)

The Ministry of Public Health warned the public not to purchase antiviral drugs without a prescription after its staff joined police to raid houses in Bangkok. They seized 80,000 illegally imported tablets worth about 10 million baht being sold online.

Police said a tip from the ministry's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) led law enforcement agents to raid two houses in Taling Chan and Wang Thong Lang districts on Thursday. In total, they seized 2,300 boxes containing 80,000 tablets of mostly molnupiravir and favipiravir.

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