S'pore battles trade in fake drugs

S'pore battles trade in fake drugs

SINGAPORE: Singapore has sentenced a woman to a year in jail for
distributing fake anti-impotence drugs to illegal street
peddlers, highlighting a robust market for bogus Viagra in the
city-state, authorities said on Friday.

Lu Suxiang, 43, a Chinese national, was jailed and fined
S$2,500 (US$1,468) for distributing the drugs without a license
and for immigration offenses, the Health Sciences Authority said
in a statement.

Since January last year, 15 people have been prosecuted for
dealing in anti-impotence drugs in Singapore and more than 28,000
tablets and capsules have been seized, the statement said.

Police seized 10,001 fake Viagra, Cialis and other unlicensed
anti-impotence pills containing sildenafil - a key ingredient in
Viagra- from Lu, the statement said. The bust accounts for almost
a third of the total seized in the past year.

Lu could have been jailed for up to two years and fined
US$5,000, the authority said. -- AP