Ashish Halai,of Elstree,Hertfordshire,has been jailed for four and a half years after being convicted of conspiracy to deal in counterfeit medicines.Mr Halai was found guilty this week at Kingston Crown Court on 11 charges under the Medicines Act 1968 and the Trade Marks Act 1994.The prosecution of Mr Halai and eight other individuals,including a pharmacist - three of whom were also convicted and await sentence - was launched after the seizure of counterfeit Viagra tablets by customs officers at Stansted airport in autumn 2002.A number of further seizures of counterfeit medicines being imported under false descriptions were subsequently made at Stansted and Heathrow airports.
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