Police have arrested a man in a sting operation, catching him red-handed while trying to sell fake sex pills. An undercover agent lured an Arab man into selling him the fake sexual enhancement pills which had brand names as Viagra and Cialis, police said. The suspect had with him more than 70,000 pills of various trademarks and he was under surveillance since May, said Col Salem Khalifa Al Rumaithi, Deputy Director of CID\'s Search and Investigation Section. The officer said the suspect was monitored after police received a tip-off from a trusted source. The UAE has become a hub from where counterfeit drugs are distributed, a senior Ministry of Health executive had earlier said. He said at least one per cent of fake drugs found in the European markets are smuggled through the UAE. The authorities said it will take a concerted effort and that plans are to enforce huge fines and jail terms on those companies found to have smuggled fake drugs into the emirates. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) the distribution of fake medicine is run by syndicates which funnel the profits into gun running and drug smuggling. The senior security officer from Pfizer, the makers of Viagra had earlier said that smuggling of fake drugs is no longer a simple operation and that one-third of the world\'s population is affected by these counterfeit medicines. Most of the fake drugs are for debilitating diseases as diabetes and heart related complications. While fake drugs sometimes kill, fake sex enhancement pills do not have such an effect. \"In fact there is no effect,\" says an urologist, meaning that they do not help in maintaining an erection. Many men in the UAE suffer from erectile dysfunction due to diabetes, smoking and from obesity related complications. The Anti-Economic Crimes Department at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of Dubai Police have also arrested an Asian woman who was selling low-quality saffron at a cheaper price. The woman offered the laced saffron for Dh80 per kilo, whereas the real saffron retails for Dh10,000 per kilo, thereby affecting saffron sellers. Upon inspecting the woman\'s house, over 775kg of laced saffron was found, which she was preparing to sell, police said. From / Glf News