Two arrested as police stop driver running illegal 'mobile pharmacy'

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Two arrested as police stop driver running illegal 'mobile pharmacy'
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The pair are suspected of selling fake or illegal prescription medicines

Two people have been arrested after police uncovered a 'mobile pharmacy' selling suspected fake or illegal prescription medicines. The discovery came after officers stopped a suspicious vehicle on Orchard Street in the Scholes area of Wigan .

He was arrested on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs. Later police searched a house in Atherton and discovered more drugs and cash.A woman was also arrested on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs. As the Manchester Evening News has previously reported, Bury New Road in the Strangeways area of Manchester became the epicentre of the North's illicit trade in prescription medicines, such as pregabalin., during lockdown.

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