High cost of drugs sees rise in sale of fake pills

The high cost of legitimate drugs is forcing a record number of people to gamble with their lives by seeking out cheaper black market medications online.

A leading patients’ body made the claim after a joint Garda, Revenue, and Interpol operation made one of the biggest counterfeit drugs seizures in Irish history.

Between Jun 18 and 25, a Europe-wide crackdown on the sale of black market medications found more than 192,000 types of illegal drugs in Irish border searches.