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The Pharmaceutical Journal from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

The regulator worked with law enforcement agencies to confiscate more than 15.5 million doses of illegally traded medicines.

Ozempic is one of a group of "semaglutide" medicines that have taken social media by storm over the last year.

Officers seize vials thought to contain semaglutide - the main ingredient in weight loss drug Ozempic.

The Pharmaceutical Journal from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

They were found to be in possession of medicines estimated to be worth £1.6m on the illegal market.

A COUPLE have avoided jail despite the illegal possession and supply of £1.6m of unlicensed medicines.

Police arrested three people after finding 10,000 vials Botox, dermal fillers and numbing agents which are believed to have been lined up for sale on social media and direct to salons.

About £30,000 of cash is seized and three people held in the raids across parts of Greater Manchester.