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Pharmacist jailed for 12 months for illegal sale and supply of prescription medicines
Balkeet Singh Khaira sold hundreds of thousands of Class C drugs from his mother s pharmacy
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2 March 2021
A pharmacist from Sutton Coldfield was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court today to twelve months imprisonment for selling hundreds of thousands of doses of addictive prescription drugs onto the black market. The medicines were sold at huge profit during 2016 and 2017. The value of these pills on the black market is estimated at over £1 million.
Balkeet Singh Khaira, 36, worked at his mother’s pharmacy in West Bromwich and made over £59,000 from the Class C drugs, which are prescribed for pain relief and to treat conditions such as anxiety and insomnia.
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image captionBalkeet Singh Khaira was suspended from the General Pharmaceutical Council s pharmacist register before the case was heard
A pharmacist who illegally sold addictive prescription pills valued at more than £1m on the black market has been jailed for 12 months.
Balkeet Singh Khaira, 37, made about £59,000 selling pills for pain relief, anxiety and insomnia to drug dealers.
He admitted five counts of supplying controlled class C drugs at Birmingham Crown Court.
Khaira, of Sutton Coldfield, sold the drugs while working at his mother s pharmacy during 2016 and 2017.
The medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency (MHRA), which led the investigation, said his mother was not involved in any criminal activity.