Fake drugs worth $700,000 seized at Los Angeles airport

A 71-year-old man has been arrested in Los Angeles, USA, after almost 40,000 counterfeit erectile dysfunction pills worth an estimated $700,000 were discovered in his bag by customs officers.

Kil Jun Lee, who is reported to be an ex law enforcement officer from South Korea, was intercepted at Los Angeles International Airport by Homeland Security.

His bag contained around 30,000 counterfeit copies of Pfizer's Viagra (sildenafil), along with 9,000 pills mimicking Eli Lilly's Cialis (tadalafil) pills and 800 copies of Bayer/GlaxoSmithKline's Levitra (vardenafil) tablets.