"A DARWIN soldier caught with steroids in his room at Robertson Barracks during a hygiene inspection has been fined $1200. Joshua Alexander Norman, 21, was caught with anabolic steroids in his room at the barracks in August.
He pleaded guilty to three drugs charges in Darwin Magistrates Court yesterday - for two varieties of steroids and some cannabis seeds. His lawyer Michael Burrows told the court his client had the steroids "for aesthetic reasons".
Mr Burrows said the steroids the infantryman had were within a range consistent with personal use, and the two tablets were used together "to achieve maximum effect". "He used them for aesthetic reasons and to help him in his job at the Army," Mr Burrows said. He said Norman had regular drug tests as a member of the defence force, but had never returned a positive reading.
Magistrate John Birch convicted Norman and fined him $1200. He ordered the drugs be forfeited and destroyed."
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