Palma.—The National Police have arrested a 53-year-old man accused of forging counterfeit medical prescriptions in Manacor.
The prescriptions were being used by third parties in Madrid who would collect the drugs, most of them being treatments for anxiety and stress which are now closely controlled by the health authorities, and then sell them on to their clients which is how they made a profit.
The National Police explained that the scam came to their attention after large quantities of similar pills were being obtained with the same fake prescriptions.
The doctor who noted the surge in demand for the pills, contacted the police in Madrid.
An investigation was opened and the police managed to confirm that the person distributing the prescriptions was using an alias and identical prescription slips which all shared the same registration number to a medical college in Madrid.
Forger arrested for providing fake prescriptions
01/11/2014 00:00
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