Two pharmacists jailed for trafficking insomnia pills worth £600k

Two pharmacists have been jailed for illegally selling zolpidem pills worth an estimated black-market value of £600,000, the MHRA has announced.

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Dean Dookhan and Narvinder Nandra were suspended from the GPhC register in November 2019

Dean Dookhan (2059808), of Sherwood Road, Birmingham, and Narvinder Nandra (2044250), of Primsland Close, Solihull, were handed 27- and 30-month prison sentences respectively at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday (July 12), following a Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) investigation.

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