Australian busted for US peptides and Chinese steroid powders.

A 22 year old Homebush man has been fined $15,000 after pleading guilty to importing and possessing performance and image enhancing drugs. On 8 June 2011, Customs and Border Protection officers at the Sydney International Mail Facility examined a package addressed to the man from the United States. The package, which was declared as amino acid samples, contained four vials labelled GHRP6, an amino acid peptide that makes a human body begin secreting growth hormone. It is illegal to import GHRP6 without a permit. On 11 and 13 September 2011, Customs and Border Protection officers in Sydney examined two air cargo packages which had arrived from China also addressed to the man. Each of the packages contained 100 grams of white powder which testing revealed to be testosterone. It is illegal to import testosterone without a permit. Customs and Border Protection officers subsequently executed search and seizure warrants at the man’s residence in Homebush and found a quantity of anabolic and androgenic substances. The man was convicted in the Downing Centre Local Court for importing and possessing prohibited imports, namely anabolic and androgenic substances and for making a false statement to Customs and Border Protection officers. He was fined $15,000 and ordered to pay court costs of $332. Customs and Border Protection Director Investigations NSW Tony McSweeney said although these substances were often cheap and easy to purchase overseas, it is illegal to bring them into Australia without a permit. “While importers may find it cheap to buy these products overseas, they will not be so impressed with the fines they receive when they attempt to bring the products into Australia without a permit,” Mr McSweeney said.