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Over 12,000 fake weight-loss pens worth £2m seized in Birmingham raid

The pens held fake versions of retatrutide and tirzepatide, and the MHRA, the UK medicines regulator, says nobody can tell what's really inside them. Officers raided the unit on Wednesday with West Midlands Police, and also found packaging for about 30,000 more products. Retatrutide isn't authorised in the UK, so selling it outside clinical trials is illegal.

By BriefTea Editorial · 16 October 2026 at 2:12

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