An attempt to smuggle more than 2,300 ampoules of illegal steroids into Australia through the mail has sparked a major investigation, Customs says.
Customs officers at Australia Post's Gateway Facility in Sydney found the 2,378 ampoules of Sustanon 250, Stanozol and Nandrolone in plastic bags after examining a parcel from Thailand said to contain glass figures.
The steroids are classed as performance and image-enhancing drugs and cannot be imported into Australia without a permit from the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
The maximum penalty for this offence is five years imprisonment and/or a $110,000 fine.
After finding the drugs in the mail on February 19, Customs investigators executed search warrants on premises in south-western Sydney last Friday and seized evidentiary material.
Investigations into the major steroid seizure are continuing.
Customs national manager for investigations, Richard Janezcko, said the agency was "continuing to detect and investigate increased attempts to smuggle prohibited and restricted performance enhancing drugs into Australia".
The attempt to smuggle such a large quantity of steroid substances had the potential to cause serious health risks to a large number of people in Australia, he said in a statement.
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04-01-08, 08:36 PM
