Massive steroids bust in Spain.

Spanish police have busted two gangs that allegedly imported and trafficked doping substances used in sports, arresting 84 people, the Interior Ministry said Sunday. More than 700,000 doses of anabolic steroids, the blood-booster EPO and growth hormones were seized during raids in Madrid, Catalonia, Valencia, Andalusia and the Basque region, the ministry said in a statement. Among those arrested was a pharmacist who dodged legal controls to distribute the drugs without the use of medical prescriptions. During the first quarter of 2013 the gangs introduced into Spain some 750 kilograms (1654 pounds) of drugs from China, Greece and Portugal, and marketed them in sports centers and homes, the statement said. One of the gangs was earning 11,000 euros ($14,434) a day through the illegal sale of these drugs, the statement said. It was not immediately clear when the arrests were made.

Huge Spanish steroids and HGH lab busted ( raids in four EU countries at nineteen addresses )

Police have busted what is thought to be the largest international medicine trafficking ring, seizing 700,000 doses of anabolic steroids, growth hormones and other unlawful medicines, and arresting 26 people, inlcuding the manager of a cycling club.

Amongst the drugs kidnapped in the 19 separate property searches carried out today were hundreds of thousands of well-known brands of tablets for erectile dysfunction, greater than 10,000 ampoules of growth hormones, anabolic steroids and other doping substances, with a street value of some 3.5 million euros.

The trafficking ring, with outlets in Alicante, Málaga and Madrid, used suppliers in China, India and Turkey, with intermediaries and storage facilities in the UK, Germany and Hungary so as not to arouse suspicion.

The police operation also found out a laboratory in a lock-up in Elche (Aicante), where a growth hormone bought in bulk from China was manufactured and packaged to be sold on the internet.

One of those arrested is the manager of a cycling club in the Comunidad de Madrid, who was caught allegedly taking delivery of a substantial quantity of EPO, a glycoprotein hormone that controls erythropoiesis, or red blood cell production.

The operation began back in July last year when police picked up on a company in the Comunidad Valenciana that was importing and selling huge consignments of unlawful medicines and transferring large sums of money to Chinese banks.

Spanish drug crack down ( Operation Diver II )

"In this case, the Civil Guard has seized several boats used for smuggling hashish and seized one tonne of the drug stored in a garage in Algeciras. Some of the detainees also trafficked designer drugs (X), cola and anabolic steroids, and had illegal relations with Basque-French citizens residing in towns near the border of Irún, several of whom were also detained in the course of proceedings."

Story just broke hopefully some more news will emerge on the steroid side of things.