{"id":290138,"date":"2025-10-25T21:04:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T20:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/police-raid-uks-first-illegal-weight-loss-drug-factory\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T21:04:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T20:04:54","slug":"police-raid-uks-first-illegal-weight-loss-drug-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/police-raid-uks-first-illegal-weight-loss-drug-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Police raid UK\u2019s first illegal weight-loss drug factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/w_2MaDLB0Kc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Police raid UK\u2019s first illegal weight-loss drug factory\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w_2MaDLB0Kc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The first factory to produce illegal weight loss drugs in the UK has been raided by the police. The discovery, in Northampton, led to the largest single seizure of trafficked weight loss medicine ever recorded worldwide &#8211; according to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. <\/p>\n<p>The haul was estimated to be worth more than \u00a3250,000 and the products are described as \u2018untested, unauthorised and potentially deadly\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first factory to produce illegal weight loss drugs in the UK has been raided by the police. The discovery, in Northampton, led to the largest single seizure of trafficked weight loss medicine ever recorded worldwide &#8211; according to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. 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