"A SHEFFIELD man was caught with thousands of pounds worth of illegal steroids stashed in two holdalls at Heathrow Airport, a court in London heard. Parvez Atta, of Main Road, Darnall, is accused of trying to smuggle 35 kilogrammes of testosterone – a banned Class C drug – into Britain in March this year.
The drug was contained in 14,000 tiny vials worth an estimated worth an estimated £40,000 on the blackmarket.
Atta, aged 37, told Isleworth Crown Court he had bought the substance from a man in Pakistan for around £6,000 before boarding a flight from Karachi.
After arriving in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 3 he was quizzed by customs officers and initially denied having anything to declare.
He later admitted he had the vials of the drug in two bags after officers said they wanted to search him.
Atta is later claimed to have said he planned to sell the vials in South Yorkshire for a few hundred pounds of profit, but that he did not know they were banned.
Customs Officer Hardeep Mohan said he arrested Atta after searching his bags and finding the drug contained in ampules, small vials used by doctors giving injections.
Mr Mohan told the court: "I asked him if had anything to declare and he said 'No'. I said, 'Are you sure, because I'm going to search your bags'.
"He said, 'I do have something in the bags', I said, 'What?' and he replied, 'Steroids'."
Atta was then taken to a room for questioning.
Atta denies knowingly importing an illegal Class C drug and his trial continues."
6000 UKP for 14000 amps means just 42 pence (USD $0.70) an amp and an estimated resale value of 2.85 UKP each (USD $4.72)
The baggage weight limit in economy class is usually 20kg, business 30kg so he either paid a hefty excess baggage charge or the two holdalls were his carry on luggage. ( In which case they can't be xraying hand luggage at Karachi's airport which is rather worrying ).
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