NSW: Man charged after alledegedly smuggling hormones by mail

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2006
NSW: Man charged after alledegedly smuggling hormones by mail

A man's been arrested and charged with smuggling male hormones into Sydney .. through air mail.

Customs says it first became aware of the alleged illegal importation in May .. when
it found the male hormone testosterone in an air express mail package.

Customs says a number of other packages containing anabolic and androgenic substances
.. which are prohibited from being imported without a permit .. were intercepted while
being delivered to addresses in south-west Sydney.

In a joint operation with NSW Police .. customs raided several south-western Sydney
homes .. and a man was arrested on Monday as he walked out of a Sydney post office.

He's been released on bail to appear at Fairfield Court on September 5.

The prohibited charge carries a maximum penalty of 110 thousand dollars .. imprisonment
for five years .. or both.

AAP RTV kaf/hn/cp/wf

KEYWORD: HORMONES (SYDNEY)

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