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Fake Viagra Maker Nabbed At Don Muang Airport


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‘Fake Viagra maker’ nabbed

BANGKOK:-- A Turkish man who had skipped bail in a fake Viagra case and fled to Cambodia was arrested on Friday night when he returned to Bangkok International Airport.

Crime Suppression Division charged Gokhan Ozek, 23, with escaping from a court warrant on December 26, 2003.

In March 2002 police raided a factory in Bang Khae district and seized millions of counterfeit Valium and Viagra tablets. They investigated the suspects, who said Ozek was their ingredient-supplier.

Working with Pfizer, the authorised manufacturer of Viagra, police arrested Ozek in an international sting operation on Sukhumvit Soi 11 and charged him with manufacturing drugs without permission.

US investigators discovered that bogus Viagra pills were being produced by Ozek in a factory in Cambodia and distributed to many Southeast Asian countries, where they killed many users.

After his recapture Ozek admitted that he had run off to Cambodia but denied setting up a factory to produce imitation pills.

Ozek’s pills allegedly cost Pfizer more than than US$50 million (Bt2 billion).

--The Nation 2005-07-17

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