10/10/2025
Unregistered Acornhoek Pharmacy owner and his employees arrested
A 50-year-old pharmacy owner, and his four employees have been arrested for Contravention of the Medical and Related Substances Act and Contravention of the regulations relating to the Ownership and Licensing of Pharmacies Act today by the Hawks.
The team operationalised information received from SAHPRA about the pharmacy's unlawful activities.
A search warrant was executed at the business. Four employees were found behind the counter doing business as usual. The employees could not produce their qualifications to operate in a pharmacy, especially dispensing medicines.
The owner was not at his establishment when the warrant was executed, but he was summoned to the scene. On his arrival, he could neither produce the operating license nor valid qualifications. It was established that the pharmacy was not even registered with the South African pharmacy council.
Scheduled medicines, ranging from schedules 1 to 6, were seized. Currently, the Hawks cannot confirm the value of the seized medicines as further investigation and expert analysis is still to be conducted.
