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The Australian Border Force (ABF) busted a man with 20-kilograms of raw unprocessed anabolic steroid powder on November 13, 2016. The man was arriving by airplane at the Sydney International Airport. The flight originated in Thailand.
The man’s baggage was x-rayed by ABF officers and sent to secondary inspection after anomalies were discovered in a music speaker and a “football” board game and a “billiards” board game found in his luggage. The items were disassembled to reveal 15-kilograms of trenbolone acetate hidden inside. Another 5-kilograms of trenbolone was discovered inside air filters after a targeted search of air cargo.
Another steroid bust by ABF officers is no big surprise. Australia has some of the most draconian anti-steroid laws in the world. To make matters worse for the steroid-using bodybuilder down under, the Australian Customs is especially good at its job when it comes to detecting and intercepting anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) that are imported into the country via packages sent by mail or via luggage accompanying individual airline passengers.
This is bad news for Australian bodybuilders for several reasons. The likelihood of having their steroid parcels seized by customs has resulted in the refusal of many international sources to even dare attempt delivery of illegal PEDs to customers in Australia. It’s usually a money-losing proposition for sources who are expected to reship the package in the event of seizure. It’s just not worth it for them.
The high seizure rate forces bodybuilders to turn to local domestic underground labs (UGLs) that manufacture steroids inside of Australia. The black market prices for domestic UGLs have soared in recent years and represent some of the highest in the world. For example, bodybuilders may end up pay as much as $200 or more per vial of testosterone enanthate or nandrolone decanoate.
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) reported as massive increase in the number of kilograms of steroids seized by law enforcement in its annual 2016 Illicit Drug Data Report (IDDR). During the most recent 2014-2015 reporting period, a total of 320 kilograms of steroids was seized compared to only 17-kilograms in the previous reporting period.
In spite of the aggressive ABF crackdown on steroid imports, UGLs haven’t stopped trying to import large quantities of raw steroid powder. Sometimes a domestic UGL will lose a huge shipment of trenbolone powder as was the case over the weekend. But there’s no doubt that many big powder shipments still make it through. It is inevitable.
As long as the demand for steroids in Australia remains high, there will never be a shortage of suppliers attempting to capitalize off of this demand. The more customs cracks down, the greater the rewards will be for those UGLs willing to take the legal risk.
The man’s baggage was x-rayed by ABF officers and sent to secondary inspection after anomalies were discovered in a music speaker and a “football” board game and a “billiards” board game found in his luggage. The items were disassembled to reveal 15-kilograms of trenbolone acetate hidden inside. Another 5-kilograms of trenbolone was discovered inside air filters after a targeted search of air cargo.
Another steroid bust by ABF officers is no big surprise. Australia has some of the most draconian anti-steroid laws in the world. To make matters worse for the steroid-using bodybuilder down under, the Australian Customs is especially good at its job when it comes to detecting and intercepting anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) that are imported into the country via packages sent by mail or via luggage accompanying individual airline passengers.
This is bad news for Australian bodybuilders for several reasons. The likelihood of having their steroid parcels seized by customs has resulted in the refusal of many international sources to even dare attempt delivery of illegal PEDs to customers in Australia. It’s usually a money-losing proposition for sources who are expected to reship the package in the event of seizure. It’s just not worth it for them.
The high seizure rate forces bodybuilders to turn to local domestic underground labs (UGLs) that manufacture steroids inside of Australia. The black market prices for domestic UGLs have soared in recent years and represent some of the highest in the world. For example, bodybuilders may end up pay as much as $200 or more per vial of testosterone enanthate or nandrolone decanoate.
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) reported as massive increase in the number of kilograms of steroids seized by law enforcement in its annual 2016 Illicit Drug Data Report (IDDR). During the most recent 2014-2015 reporting period, a total of 320 kilograms of steroids was seized compared to only 17-kilograms in the previous reporting period.
In spite of the aggressive ABF crackdown on steroid imports, UGLs haven’t stopped trying to import large quantities of raw steroid powder. Sometimes a domestic UGL will lose a huge shipment of trenbolone powder as was the case over the weekend. But there’s no doubt that many big powder shipments still make it through. It is inevitable.
As long as the demand for steroids in Australia remains high, there will never be a shortage of suppliers attempting to capitalize off of this demand. The more customs cracks down, the greater the rewards will be for those UGLs willing to take the legal risk.
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