20 tons of medicines seized and more than (9) thousand medicine boxes of unknown origin seized in Baghdad

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Baghdad, The Economic Security detachments of the National Security Service, in coordination with the health control teams, seized a fake warehouse, which was a house in Al-Ghadir area, containing (20) tons of smuggled and expired medicines and drugs, and (9,367) medicine boxes of unknown origin that did not contain original papers inside a pharmaceutical warehouse located in Hittin neighborhood.

The Economic Security detachments of the National Security Service, said in a statement that legal measures were taken against the two places, referring their owner to the competent judicial authorities, and confiscating the seized medicines.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency