Police in Mangochi have arrested Mary Julius, 25, on allegations that she was selling gentamicin injections as an HIV/AIDS cure through her TikTok page.
Julius was arrested over the weekend at Abuja Bus Depot within the township in a joint operation conducted by officers from Mangochi Police, Drug Section officers from the National Police Headquarters, and officials from the Pharmacy and Medicines Regulatory Authority.
It is alleged that the suspect, who bears the TikTok username “Gammora,” had been advertising and offering for sale Gammora injection medicine, claiming that it was the cure for HIV.
The suspect was selling and administering a dosage of three bottles for a sum of K120,000.
A number of HIV patients have been duped by the suspect, which prompted them to report her to the police, leading to her arrest.
Upon being quizzed, the suspect revealed that she was buying the gentamicin injection medication from pharmacies within the town, removed the original stickers, and rebranded them with the Gammora label. Police also found bottles of gentamicin and Gammora stickers in her house.
Meanwhile, the medicine has been taken to the medicine laboratory for examination.
The suspect has been charged with being found in possession of medical drugs without a license and theft, respectively, and will appear before court after the completion of paperwork.
She hails from Kalonga Village, Traditional Authority Mponda, in Mangochi.
story by Inspector Amina Tepani Daudi
Public Relations Officer
Mangochi Police Station
