A passenger at Dublin Airport was caught trying to bring home €12,000 worth of potentially dangerous 'skinny pen' weight loss injections from Turkey. Patrick Fay pleaded guilty to importing, keeping for supply, and placing on the Irish market without authorisation.
Customs officers intercepted a passenger at Dublin Airport carrying €12,000 worth of potentially dangerous 'skinny pen' weight loss injections following a trip to Turkey, a court has heard. Patrick Fay, Fitzgerald Park, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, who tried to bring home a five-year supply, pleaded guilty to three charges.
The offences were under the Irish Medicines Board Acts for unlawfully importing Saxenda injections, keeping them for supply, and placing them on the Irish market without authorisation. Dublin District Court heard the building maintenance worker was stopped at Terminal 1 arrivals on November 13, 2023, leading to the Health Products Regulatory Authority prosecution. One of their officials told the court the injections, nicknamed skinny pens, have the potential to kill people with certain conditions when used without proper medical supervision. Ciaran Wright said: 'It is extremely worrying to the authorities, and it appears to be a more common factor now these pens are more available on the streets outside the legal supply chain.' Sentencing was adjourned until March for a probation report on Fay. The judge is considering 100 hours of community service instead of a three-month sentence. In evidence, Mr Wright, an HPRA authorised officer, told Judge Anthony Halpin that customs officers stopped Fay, who had just flown back from Kusadasi. The witness agreed with Brian Gageby BL, prosecuting, that Fay's bag contained 60 pens labelled Saxenda. He had claimed the product was for himself, three family members, and two friends. He said he had bought them before through Instagram or Facebook, but in this case, he had got them over the counter while on his trip to Turke
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