Overview
- Coordinated sweeps Tuesday in Cercado de Lima, San Martín de Porres, Ate, Villa María del Triunfo and Castilla closed 18 pharmacies, with police detaining four people.
- Digemid, Minsa’s Diris teams, DERFS, the Public Ministry and the national police ran the inspections as a joint public‑health push.
- Inspectors found expired drugs and medical devices, including inhaler chambers and injection needles, and noted storage at unsafe high temperatures.
- Two Castilla shops also lacked a responsible pharmacist and a sanitary permit, which Peruvian law requires to sell medicines.
- Authorities seized the stock and said probes are underway, warning that degraded or falsified products can poison users or cause treatment failure and urging buyers to check sanitary registration and report violators.