Carabinieri control at a solidarity pharmaceutical counter
An illegal pharmacy was discovered by the Gioia Tauro police who also found packages of drugs classifiable as narcotic substances, in particular Fentanyl and morphine.
The discovery occurred during an inspection of a business that should have only been a solidarity pharmaceutical counter for the most needy people.
The soldiers of the Carabinieri found that inside the room there were not only objects actually to be delivered to the needy, but also numerous medicines subject to medical prescription, as well as numerous packages of other medicines which, although not subject to the obligation of medical prescription, require the mandatory presence of a doctor to be delivered to the applicants.
During the check, the police also found the illegal connection to electricity via a flying cable which was directly attached to the Enel junction box.
The presence of prescription medicines and the absence of a doctor for delivery, according to the investigators, “qualify the business as a real pharmacy which, following the checks, was found to lack any authorization”.
All the drugs were seized as well as the premises.
Two people present at the time of the check were reported in a state of freedom to the Palmi Prosecutor’s Office for abusive practice of the medical profession, violations of the consolidated law on health matters and violation of the consolidated law on narcotics.
