A British family that produced home-made drugs in a cement-mixer has been convicted, with a man, his wife and his brother pleading guilty to producing and supplying unlicensed medicines and money laundering.
The defendants ran an online business that sold supplements to the body-building community, however many of the products included "powerful drugs used to treat conditions ranging from severe acne to cancer".
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency prosecuted the trio after seizing more than 112,000 tablets and almost 2,000 bottles of injectable liquids from premises they used.
The arrests followed a probe triggered by suspicions based on their lavish lifestyle and unexplained wealth.
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