Ex-cop from Australia alleged to have traded intel info for steroids.

A corrupt Coffs Harbour police officer has been stood down from the force after giving confidential police information to a former NSW champion body builder. The corrupt relationship between disgraced former detective senior constable Anthony Farrell and the Gold Coast World Gym director, Andrew Macleod, was played out via numerous phone taps heard in the District Court last week. Farrell, 40, was working at Coffs Harbour police station when he provided Macleod, 41, with ''very good intell'' in May last year regarding confidential police investigations into steroid distribution. Macleod won the Mr NSW Light-Heavyweight body building title in October 2004. Advertisement On Monday, acting District Court Judge Colin Phegan found the pair guilty of ''making a collusive agreement''. Farrell pleaded guilty while Macleod chose to stand trial. A jury returned a guilty verdict on Macleod on Monday and both will be sentenced on November 8. Farrell was arrested and charged on June 1 last year. The following day Macleod was arrested and charged. According to a statement tendered to the court by the NSW Police Professional Standards Command, the intercepted calls indicated Farrell was using steroids while Macleod was supplying steroids, including to Farrell. Macleod faced no charges for steroids possession or distribution. Police said in court: ''It is clear from this lengthy [intercepted] call there is a collusive agreement between Macleod and Farrell whereby Macleod offers to supply Farrell with steroids in return for Farrell's protection.'' Farrell is recorded saying to Macleod: ''Mate, I'll always give you the heads up if I see that you're under notice. 'Cause I get … all the intell reports and stuff.'' Campbell MacCallum, solicitor for Macleod, said he would appeal against the decision. ''What came out in evidence during the trial was that there was nothing to suggest my client possessed or was dealing in steroids,'' he said. The court heard Farrell accessed the police database seven times and ''tipped him off'', ''protected him'' and ''leaked confidential information'' about police investigations, even instructing Macleod to use a land line phone to discuss sensitive matters. ''This being in total conflict to what would be expected from a serving NSW police detective,'' police told the court. A police spokeswoman said Farrell ''has been stood down and is currently suspended without pay''.