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Gabriela Galvin

UK authorities seize thousands of unlicensed weight loss jabs in major drug trafficking bust

Authorities in the United Kingdom have busted a major drug trafficking operation making and selling unlicensed weight loss jabs, in what they say may be the world’s largest takedown of its kind.

Over a two-day raid at a warehouse in the English town of Northampton, police seized more than 2,000 unlicensed retatrutide and tirzepatide (Mounjaro) pens that were ready to be sold, as well as tens of thousands of empty weight loss pens and raw chemical ingredients.

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