Chris Baraniuk , 2025-10-24 15:01:00
A warehouse containing thousands of illegal weight loss pens has been raided by UK law enforcement officers (video 1).
It is thought to be the largest recovery of trafficked weight loss drugs ever recorded worldwide.
Investigators searching a warehouse on the outskirts of Northampton discovered thousands of empty weight loss pens, raw ingredients for making weight loss drugs, and more than 2000 unlicensed retatrutide and tirzepatide pens (fig 1).
Fig 1
Investigators found raw ingredients for making weight loss drugs and more than 2000 unlicensed retatrutide and tirzepatide pens (image supplied by MHRA)
The drugs have an estimated street value of more than £250 000. …
