According to “LBCI” information, the Baabda Judicial Detachment of the “Internal Security Forces” is currently investigating the defendant A.R. For the crime of counterfeiting and imitating a drug (dietary supplement) and distributing it in Lebanon without obtaining a license from the Ministry of Public Health, and without observing the standards imposed globally in the manufacture of medicines.
The information indicated that it is “the third time that the defendant has been summoned after the Appeal Public Prosecutor in Mount Lebanon, Judge Fadi Malakoun, expanded the investigation, as the Baabda Judicial Detachment, which has been working on the file for more than two weeks, under the directives of its commander, Brigadier General Imad Al-Jamal, seized a number of drug packages.” Forged and counterfeited in more than one pharmacy in various Lebanese regions, and listened to the testimony of more than 5 pharmacy owners who confirmed that they had obtained the medicine from the defendant after she deluded them that it was the original medicine imported from Italy, and after a letter was presented from the parent company in Italy that supplied the medicine to Lebanon He confirms that the drug distributed through the defendant is not from the parent company, but rather it is likely to be counterfeited in Lebanon, contrary to the principles.
It is expected, in light of the investigations and evidence of the defendant’s involvement in the crimes of forgery, imitation, counterfeit use, illegal competition, defrauding pharmacy owners, and endangering people’s lives with prior knowledge and knowledge, that Judge Malkoun will give a signal to arrest the defendant and those involved with her and refer them to the investigating judge. The first is in Mount Lebanon,” according to what the information reported to “LBCI.”
2023-07-05 07:33:59
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