A joint operation by the Tax Agency and the Guardia Civil

• They were found inside the checked luggage of a passenger from Brazil
• He is accused of committing a crime against public health with medicines

March 27, 2023.- Officials of the Customs Surveillance Service of the Tax Agency together with civil guards from the Tax and Border Section of the Bilbao airport have seized nearly 2,000 undeclared male sexual enhancement pills from a passenger at the airport terminal.

Investigators from the Customs Surveillance Service and the Civil Guard who act as State Fiscal Guard under the functional dependency of the Regional Customs and Foreign Trade Department. of the AEAT of the Basque Country, carry out daily inspections of passengers and luggage according to preventive risk criteria at Bilbao airport, among other actions.

At one of these checks, at the beginning of March, they checked and inspected the luggage of a passenger arriving from Brazil, via Madrid, who had previously stated that he was not carrying anything that could be declared at the customs facility.

The agents observed around 2,000 50 mg tablets of sildenafil citrate inside a suitcase that was part of the checked luggage, distributed between blister packs and boxes.

As a result of these events, the drugs were seized and the passenger was charged with a crime against public health in relation to drugs, as an investigated person who was not detained.

Reminder for travel to Spain with medication

Travelers from outside Spain are reminded that they are permitted to bring their own personal medication for treatments of up to three months, provided that it is accompanied by a medical prescription. If the traveller is carrying narcotic and/or psychotropic medication, he/she must have a permit issued by the Spanish health authorities. In this case, the patient must request permission by email to his or her consular office, providing the medical prescription, doctor's details, patient details and trip details.