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>Court jails Viagra counterfeiter >09:49 AEDT Sat Nov 20 2004 > > >AP - A Briton who manufactured bogus Viagra and the >tranquiliser diazepam and sold it internationally has >been sentenced to five years in prison. > >Allen Valentine, 44, of Harrow, had pleaded guilty to >conspiracy to supply drugs and to two charges of >contravening the Trade Marks Act and Medicines Act. > >Valentine was formerly a salesman for Pfizer Inc., >which makes Viagra. > >Prosecutor Steven Perian said there was evidence of >significant "connections" with India, where much of >Valentine's equipment and base chemicals were bought, >and the Far East. > >The operation, which continued for two years, could >crank out half a million pills a day, prosecutors said. > >"It is a serious matter when the public are hoodwinked >to the extent that such products, although >structurally akin to the correct ones, are being >produced in an environment without the necessary >precautions... in a makeshift and potentially >dangerous manner," Judge Barrington Black said in >Harrow Crown Court.

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