"An unemployed man from Sheffield has been jailed for two years after smuggling £150,000 worth of anabolic steroids illegally into the UK.
Parvez Atta, aged 31 of Main Road, Sheffield, was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court yesterday (18 September 2009) after he was found guilty following a two-day trial last month.
The consignment of drugs was contained in two pieces of hand luggage carried by Atta when he arrived on a flight from Karachi, Pakistan, at Heathrow airport on 1 March 2009.
Detection officers from the UK Border Agency (UKBA) found the haul of 35.6 kilos of Testosterone, around 14,000 ampoules, when they searched his baggage.
Atta claimed to be returning from a friends wedding in Pakistan, although he had no other luggage or personal effects with him.
Assistant Director of Criminal Investigation for HMRC, Peter Avery said: “We are alert to all drugs being smuggled illegally into the UK, including Class C drugs such as steroids. They are as addictive and dangerous as Class A drugs when used in the wrong hands."
How on earth did he clear outgoing airport security with 35 kg of ampules in his hand luggage ?
"They are as addictive and dangerous as Class A drugs when used in the wrong hands."
To compare the danger posed by steroids to that of Class A drugs is crazy. I'd love to hear his definition of the wrong hands ?
The estimated value of 150k pounds is a joke ( 10 pounds for each amp ? ), retail street prices are half that at most ( 5 pounds per amp ). On prescription in UK it's less than 2 pounds an ampule.
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British bust gives insight into the mysterious world of the UK's personal use amounts rule.
A convenience store owner is alleged to have had Karachi Sustanon, Proviron and sleeping aids on sale. UK customs inspected one of the padded envelopes posted in Pakistan and found the drugs. During the following 16 days seven more bags were intercepted by customs.
The eight bags contained, in total, 5,280 sleeping tablets, 368 ampules of testosterone and 1,680 tablets of Proviron. A further 1,830 sleeping tablets, 320 Proviron tablets and 130 ampules of Sustanon.
The accused told police he suffered from medical conditions which were helped by the drugs and he had agreed to the suggestion of a friend that they be mailed directly from Pakistan, where they were cheaper to buy than in UK.
Customs estimated he had enough sleeping tablets to last him more than nine years, enough Sustanon for four years and 500 days supply of Proviron.
Using the figures from his trial we can get an idea of what UK customs considers to be a personal use amount of gear :
Total seizure of 500 ampules of Sustanon and 2000 Proviron tabs.
500 amps divided by 208 week ( 4 years ) = 2.5 amps a week.
2000 tabs divided by 500 days = 4 tabs a day.
2.5 amps of Sustanon 250 a week + 4 tabs a day of Proviron 25mg.
That's 625 mg week of injectables + 100 mg a day of orals, seems like a reasonably fair amount to me :-)
The eight bags contained, in total, 5,280 sleeping tablets, 368 ampules of testosterone and 1,680 tablets of Proviron. A further 1,830 sleeping tablets, 320 Proviron tablets and 130 ampules of Sustanon.
The accused told police he suffered from medical conditions which were helped by the drugs and he had agreed to the suggestion of a friend that they be mailed directly from Pakistan, where they were cheaper to buy than in UK.
Customs estimated he had enough sleeping tablets to last him more than nine years, enough Sustanon for four years and 500 days supply of Proviron.
Using the figures from his trial we can get an idea of what UK customs considers to be a personal use amount of gear :
Total seizure of 500 ampules of Sustanon and 2000 Proviron tabs.
500 amps divided by 208 week ( 4 years ) = 2.5 amps a week.
2000 tabs divided by 500 days = 4 tabs a day.
2.5 amps of Sustanon 250 a week + 4 tabs a day of Proviron 25mg.
That's 625 mg week of injectables + 100 mg a day of orals, seems like a reasonably fair amount to me :-)
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