Florida's officials tracing sources of seized steroids.

"Police records show the drugs came in packages from countries outside the United States. Thomas said he bought them from places like China, Russia, Iran and other Middle Eastern countries.

"My first concern is how did he get these things from Iran and Pakistan?" Judd asked. "I mean, after all if that can be imported from Iran and Pakistan, what else, and that scares me."

U.S. and Border Protection Public Information Officer Dan Keefe said one way drugs like these can get into the country is legally and then sold with fake prescriptions. Another way is legally imported by one person, and then sold illegally to another.

They can also be smuggled or brought in as chemicals and then made and distributed against the law. In some cases, a third country can serve as a conduit to the United States.

"They're probably imported into another country that does deal with Iran and then falsely claimed as that country of origin when they are shipped here if they're shipped in legally," Keefe said. "If they're shipped in illegally, then somebody smuggles then into the border of Iran into a country we do have dealings with and then they smuggle them into this country."

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