Overview
- On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, Wolverhampton Crown Court sentenced four members of an organised group for running a large-scale operation that sold prescription-only, unauthorised and controlled medicines online.
- Investigators linked almost 1.9 million doses that were offered for sale on websites and found sales records on a defendant’s devices showing data equivalent to about 9.5 million doses.
- The illegal products included benzodiazepines such as diazepam and alprazolam, codeine, and sleeping pills including zolpidem and zopiclone, all of which were supplied without clinical oversight.
- Sentences ranged from a five-year prison term for Everton Reynolds to a 33-month term for Anita Rama and a suspended sentence for Junior Ranger, with prosecutors saying the group prioritised profit over patient safety.
- The case was led by the MHRA Criminal Enforcement Unit using online disruption, surveillance and device forensics and was prosecuted by the CPS SEOCID, which urged the public to report suspected illegal medicines via the MHRA Yellow Card scheme.