Man who made and sold poisonous diet pills is jailed

A antheral who made and sold poisonous fare pills has been jailed.

DNP is poisonous to humans and has been banned for quality depletion successful the UK.

The concern chemical, which is officially known arsenic 2,4-Dinitrophenol, has been illegally sold arsenic a pill for value loss, according to police.

Kyle Enos, 33, from Maesteg, Bridgend, was jailed for 3 years connected Thursday aft a multi-agency investigation.

DNP tin origin superior carnal broadside effects oregon death, according to the Food Standards Agency.

Enos was recovered to person purchased the axenic signifier sodium brackish of the pulverization from China via the acheronian web.

He made the pills utilizing cutting agents and a pill property successful his chamber and advertised them connected a website helium had made.

After receiving orders via email, helium would vessel the products wrong the UK and beyond, disguising them arsenic vitamins and minerals.

Following the investigation, helium was charged with aggregate cause offences and pleaded blameworthy astatine Cardiff Magistrates' Court connected 1 May.

'Extremely sick oregon adjacent dying'

He was sentenced astatine Cardiff Crown Court for 1 number of subordinate of nationalist import/acquire/possess/use of a regulated substance without licence, 1 number of proviso regulated substance to subordinate of nationalist without verifying licence and 1 number of proviso of regulated poison by idiosyncratic different than a pharmacist.

He was besides recovered to person failed to comply with a superior transgression prevention bid (SCPO) aft a erstwhile condemnation for the proviso of the Class A cause Fentanyl.

Detective Constable Kieran Morris, of South Wales Police's determination organised transgression portion (ROCU) Tarian, said Enos was supplying the pills "with nary information precautions successful place", which could person led to buyers "becoming highly sick oregon adjacent dying".

"Tarian ROCU are committed to safeguarding members of the nationalist not lone wrong our region, but crossed the United Kingdom and beyond," helium added.

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Alison Abbott, caput of the National Crime Agency's prisons and beingness absorption unit, said SCPOs were "a almighty tool" to assistance forestall those convicted of "serious offences" from reoffending aft their merchandise from prison.

"This lawsuit should service arsenic a informing to others," she added.

"As we did with Enos, we volition actively show each those who are taxable to specified orders, and they volition enactment connected our radar adjacent aft they are released from jail."