Nursing technician and three other people are arrested for the illegal sale of weight loss pens in the interior of SP

Four people are arrested for the illegal sale of weight-loss pens in Araras Two women and two men were arrested, red-handed, suspected of irregularly selling weight-loss pens of foreign origin and without registration with the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), on the morning of this Wednesday (12), in Araras (SP). As reported by EPTV, an affiliate of TV Globo, the police are investigating whether one of the couples arrested during the execution of search and seizure warrants was responsible for selling weight-loss medicines to a person who was hospitalized in serious condition after using the product. ? Follow g1 São Carlos and Araraquara on Instagram Civil Police investigations indicate that the suspects were selling these weight loss products on social media. Furthermore, they divided the medication into syringes - similar to those used to administer insulin - to sell it more cheaply. More news from the region: NEGLIGENCE: Doctor indicted for boy's death told police he didn't know protocol for scorpion sting: 'It was never passed' JUSTICE: Suspects involved in the death of farmer in the interior of SP are arrested in MG TRAGEDY: 26-year-old motorcyclist dies after crashing into a pole in the interior of SP In November last year, the police received an anonymous complaint about the irregular sale of weight-loss medicines in the city. Months later, a woman was admitted to a hospital in serious condition after using the product. Although the patient was getting worse and needed hemodialysis, the police were not officially informed about the case. However, a person who saw her situation contacted the police and the Health Surveillance, informing them that she had purchased the weight loss pen from a couple. From this, the police reached the profile of the four suspects, who advertised the products on social media, and began investigations that resulted in the execution of a search and seizure warrant at the home of those involved. Nursing technician and three other people are arrested for the illegal sale of weight loss pens in Araras, SP EPTV/Reproduction The delegate responsible for the investigations, Tabajara Zuliani dos Santos, stated that the suspects confessed informally, but said they did not think it was something illegal. "The origin of this is probably from another country, even the Health Surveillance was present and said that 100% of this material has no defined origin, which determines a crime against public health", he stated. Seizures From a 29-year-old woman, the police seized tirzepatide, tirzec 15, Lipoless MD 15, Oxandroland 5, syringes, a notebook with notes and R$255. From a 36-year-old man, boxes of TG 15 were seized. The police seized a cell phone from a 34-year-old machine operator. Several medications such as Lipoland 15, TG 15, Veltrane Gold, Lipoless 15, Symedica Labs, XLpeptides, GHK-CU, Peptide B141, syringes for insulin administration were seized from a 39-year-old nursing technician. Nursing technician and three other people are arrested for the illegal sale of weight loss pens in Araras, SP EPTV/Reproduction The police also seized a bottle of retatrutida, which is an experimental medicine, in an advanced stage of testing, but which does not have health approval or legal sale in Brazil or the world. "It's a product that would be a breakthrough, in the latest generation of weight loss pens, but the American FDA hasn't approved it yet, it's still in the process of studies, so it's something that people are turning into their own laboratory, it's extremely dangerous," said Tabajara. Police officers seized medication that is still being tested on the suspects in Araras, SP EPTV/Reproduction The seized material will be sent to forensic experts to investigate the content that was sold by the suspects, who will be responsible for the crime of falsifying, adulterating, corrupting, altering therapeutic and medicinal products of unknown origin and without registration with the Health Surveillance body. g1 contacted the State Secretariat of Public Security (SSP-SP), but did not receive a response until the publication of this report. WATCH THE FULL REPORT: Two couples are arrested in Araras for selling irregular weight-loss pens REVIEW EPTV VIDEOS: See more news from the region on g1 São Carlos and Araraquara