Current affairs: NSW Health Department seized contraband beauty drugs and treatments

 The placenta extract is not approved for use in Australia, but was offered for sale at a Sydney clinic.

The placenta extract is not approved for use in Australia, but was offered for sale at a Sydney clinic. Source: ABC News: Rebecca Armitage

The ABC has obtained footage of several recent raids conducted by the New South Wales Health Department, in which officials seized hundreds of contraband drugs and treatments from law-breaking operations. Australians are risking their lives by getting cheap and illegal cosmetic procedures at dodgy beauty salons and back-alley clinics, health authorities have warned. Ivan and Alex report.



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