Canadian men today might be thinking, ahem, long and hard about ordering erectile dysfunction pills online after a report that border officials and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have seized 15,000 parcels of phony drugs at the border.
Law enforcement opened its doors to the media on Thursday in an effort to get the word out about the seizures and about the dangers of ordering pills when you don’t know what’s in them, according to a report in the Edmonton Sun. Importing pharmaceutical drugs is illegal anyway.
“You have no idea what is in the product and how it will affect you,” said Sgt. Duncan Pound, the RCMP’s border integrity spokesman. “You are playing Russian roulette with your health.”
Wait, just one second. The name of the dude talking about erectile dysfunction pills is Sgt. Pound? You can’t make this stuff up.
A mountain of seized pills was on display at the Vancouver International Mail Centre, including a box full of 5,000 fake Viagra packages that officials discovered Wednesday, the report says.
Canada is getting involved in a worldwide crackdown on the counterfeit drug, led by Interpol, but in the meantime they’re giving guys some advice.
“If you order online,” Pound said, “you are almost certainly throwing your money away.”
