Black market weight-loss jab factory found in stately home

A Georgian period country house used for weddings and corporate events was raided in the "largest ever" seizure of illegal weight-loss injections, the BBC can reveal.

Officers from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) searched Moulton Grange, a Grade II-listed property in rural Northamptonshire, on 28 May as part of an ongoing investigation into unlicensed medicines.

About 12,000 doses of suspected weight-loss drugs were seized and two 29-year-old men were arrested and later released.

The MHRA said it was targeting what it believed to be an organised criminal network. The BBC asked the property's owners if they knew of the alleged activity but they did not respond.

With its cream-white Georgian facade, an interior featuring chandeliers and dark wood panelling, and sprawling grounds complete with roaming peacocks, Moulton Grange might seem an unlikely setting for the manufacture of black market medicines.

The estate, which lies about seven miles (11 km) north of Northampton near the village of Pitsford, has 28 acres of lawns, lakes and sheep-grazed pastures.

The property sold for £2.2m in 2017, according to Land Registry records.

Sales details from the time describe a 12-bedroom house with eight bathrooms, multiple reception rooms, a billiards room and a separate staff apartment.

Both the main house and an adjoining cottage are available for event hire and short-term lets.

Ownership records show the estate is owned by Faiz Hameed, 61, and Rashda Hameed, 59, who are also directors of Moulton Grange Limited, a company described as managing real estate.

It is not clear whether the Hameeds live on the estate as their main residence.

They did not respond to the BBC's questions about the alleged manufacture of weight-loss drugs on the premises.

Faiz Hameed was previously fined £312,000 for offences under the Housing Act 2004 after safety breaches were uncovered at eight houses in multiple occupation (HMO) properties he owned in Northampton.

The Moulton Grange raid was the second MHRA operation in Northamptonshire in recent months linked to suspected illegal weight-loss jab production.

An earlier raid on a warehouse in October 2025 uncovered similar drugs, although the quantity seized at Moulton Grange was significantly larger.

Investigators said this was the first time they had identified an operation producing its own brand of weight-loss jab, rather than counterfeit versions of established medicines.

Andy Morling, head of the MHRA's criminal enforcement unit, said the packaging recovered in the latest raid appeared "sophisticated" and "authentic looking", potentially increasing the risk to consumers.

Among the items seized were syringes labelled as tirzepatide and retatrutide.

Tirzepatide is sold under the brand name Mounjaro by pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, but the MHRA said the products found were not manufactured by the firm.

Retatrutide is a new type of obesity medication currently undergoing clinical trials in the United States and is not approved in the UK.

The seized products were branded "Alluvi", matching labels found in the earlier warehouse raid.

Trademark registrations for "Alluvi" and "Alluvi Healthcare" were filed in April 2026 by a company based on an industrial estate in Northampton.

Any link between that firm, the seized drugs and Moulton Grange remains unclear.

The MHRA did not confirm details of the location or identities of those arrested.

It warned that prescription-only medicines should only be obtained through registered pharmacies with a valid prescription.

"Products obtained outside legitimate supply chains offer no guarantees about their safety, quality or authenticity," the agency said.

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