Security services in Cairo have cracked down on a factory in al-Gamaleya that was producing imitation Viagra pills. Workers were combining gypsum, starch and dye into a pill of the same shape, size and color as the well-known medication for erectile function and selling them to pharmacies.
The incident began after security forces arrested a worker who had the counterfeit pills on him. When asked where it came from, the worker guided the police to the factory which produces the pills.
Detectives investigated the factory and its activities and later dispatched a Cairo Security Directorate force that seized the contraband.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm