LONDON-BASED pharmacy worker, David Ihenagwa, will reside at Her Majesty's leisure for up to six years after being convicted of selling Prescription-Only medicines to gangsters.
Croyden Crown Court heard Ihenagwa had worked as a company secretary at his mother's pharmacy in east London, and used the position to supply a range of pain, anxiety and sleeping pills to criminals.
The 40-year-old pleaded guilty to five charges of supplying Prescription-Only medicines to illicit drug dealers between Sep 2015 and Apr 2016.
The charges stemmed from a Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) investigation, which exposed Ihenagwa's criminal behaviour when officials seized more than 13,000 codeine phosphate tablets at an address in Stoke-on-Trent in Jun 2016, and linked the medicines back to the pharmacy.
The government Agency found Ihenagwa used his position in his mother's pharmacy to buy the medicines from a wholesaler.
The MHRA investigation found Ihenagwa had been buying the drugs in quantities far larger than would normally be dispensed from a community pharmacy.
Further investigations revealed the enterprising pharmacist's side hustle had seen the medicines shipped across the UK.
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