Preventive detention orders were issued against seven people who were arrested in Barranquilla, Soledad and Galapa (Atlántico) as a result of home searches carried out in premises used to manufacture and produce adulterated medicines.
The investigation which was conducted by prosecutors belonging to the Regional Unit (in spanish Unidad Seccional de Estructura de Apoyo) and Sijin officers allowed to find during 13 home searches huge quantities of adulterated medicines that threaten patients´ health, especially with high blood pressure, schizophrenia, Parkinson´s disease, epilepsy, cholesterol, arthritis and allergies.