During the global operation from 16-20 November 2009, New Zealand Customs detained over 280 packages suspected of containing medicines that entered the country through the International Mail Centre. The detained packages were referred to Medsafe for additional inspection.
Although only one of these packages was found to contain a counterfeit product (Cialis, which is used to treat erectile dysfunction), other products of concern to Medsafe were found. These products included performance- and image-enhancing drugs (typically, anabolic steroids), products purporting to be herbal in nature that have been found in the past to contain western medicines, and items without any labelling or packaging that would allow the products to be correctly identified.
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