U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport seized 3,200 Viagra pills from a man on a return flight from India. The man claims the more than $ 96,000 pills are for “his friends”.
CBP officers searching luggage on a flight from India to Chicago O’Hare found eight boxes of Viagra pills. According to the information obtained by the US Customs and Border Protection Office for field operations, 3,200 Sildenafil Citrate (Viagra) tablets were contained.
CBP officials have asked the man returning from India why he has so many Viagra pills. He replied that the pills were for ‘his friends’. He also stated that the pills are available as an over-the-counter medicine in India.
CBP officers seized the £ 9 Viagra pills as it was illegal medicine. The FDA does not allow the importation of prescription drugs considered in America, according to officials.
“Prescribed medicines manufactured in non-regulated foreign enterprises often contain dangerous pollutants or ineffective compounds, and although their packaging and labeling may be similar to real products, the conflicting ingredients and sub-quality control may endanger the consumer,” he said. CBP officials said in a written statement.
Officials set the retail value of the 3,200 pills at $ 96,608. They did not disclose what the man in India paid for the pills.
Officials reported the seizure of the pills, but did not disclose whether CBP officials had arrested the man for the illegal attempt to import the medication. Breitbart Texas has contacted CBP officials for additional information. An immediate response was not available.
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