General Prosecution Says Officials in Medical Supplies Services Arrested Over Invalid Drug Purchases.

Tripoli, 2 February 2015(Lana) The Head of investigation office at the General Prosecution Authority Al Sidiq Al Sour said that officials working for the Medical Supplies Services have been arrested in connection with purchases of invalid drugs in the last period. 'Ten men from the MSS were remanded in custody for a week, in the case involving purchasing of invalid drugs worth millions of dollars, in addition to other drugs that are not needed by Libyan public hospitals, Al Sour said in statements to the press. He pointed out to fraud in big deals the Medical Supplies Services made, including purchasing large quantities of medicine without authorization from the Ministry of Health. 'There are other violations which included dividing contracts in several phases, and making contracts worth of no more than 5 millions to evade inspection by the audit office, he added. He said squandering of public money under the consecutive government was very huge in most of the ministries. =Lana=