After an investigation into the conspiracy to import and traffic anabolic steroids, the RCMP has charged three men from the Halifax area.

Andrew Paul Scott, 27; James Douglas Rae, 30; and Kevin John O’Keefe, 29, have all been charged with conspiracy to traffic in various anabolic steroids and six-count of conspiracy of importing different anabolic steroids into Canada.

From Halifaxnewsnet.ca:

On the evening of March 20, the RCMP Synthetic Drug Unit executed a search warrant at an apartment unit on Lower Water Street in Halifax. They seized a variety of materials used in the production of anabolic steroids, including (approximately) 60,000 empty and 1,000 full gel-caps, three gel-capping machines, 5,000 empty vials and unused labels for steroid distribution. Approximately five litres of unknown liquids and one kilogram of an unknown powder were seized and brought to the RCMP lab for analysis. Police also discovered spread sheets consistent with a steroid and supplement business.

All three men are scheduled to appear in court in Halifax on June 19.

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An Ohio woman, who was part of a steroid-distribution network from Tennessee to Ohio, was recently sentenced to five years in prison.

Jessica Howard received the longest sentence, thus far, of suspects prosecuted in Warren County, Ohio.

From Upi.com:

Warren County Assistant Prosecutor Andy Sievers noted that two other participants in the scheme have already received stiff sentences. Kenneth Freeman was sentenced to three years in prison, and professional wrestler Kris “Kid Carnage” Sheid received a three-year sentence.

Many of the lower-level drug sellers, among the two dozen or so suspects already prosecuted, have been sentenced to probation or jail, Sievers said.

Howard was convicted of two felony counts of trafficking in drugs and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.

The 27-year-old Jessica and former fiancé Matt Geraci, who testified against her at trial, are believed to be the key players in the ring of steroid distribution.

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Peter Atkins, the surf lifesaving athlete from Australia, has been banned from the sport for two years for using a banned substance.

The sanction was imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on the Currumbin Barbarians surf boat crew member.

From Dailytelegraph.com.au:

Currumbin won the men’s open boat event at the 2009 Australian Surf Life Saving championships but Atkins will forfeit any medals, points and prizes awarded to him.

Stanozolol is a synthetic anabolic steroid derived from testosterone and a prohibited substance under the World Anti-Doping Code. Atkins will be ineligible to compete until May 4, 2011. The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority has welcomed the decision.

Atkins tested positive for the steroid stanozolol in an in-competition test in March.

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A police officer in New Jersey has been arrested by authorities on charges of possessing an anabolic steroid without a valid prescription.

Clinton Township Patrolman Christopher Weaver was arrested when he was off duty.

From Therepublic.com:

Thursday’s arrest of Clinton Township Patrolman Christopher Weaver followed a two-month investigation.

The Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office says the 31-year-old has been suspended. Weaver was released on his own recognizance and it’s not known if he has retained an attorney.

The charge was the result of the officer’s conduct when he was off duty, prosecutor Anthony Kearns III says. The patrolman was charged with the possession of Methandrostenolone, an anabolic steroid.

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After refusing a license to fight in California in the summer of 2009, the California State Athletic has granted the license now to the heavyweight mixed martial artist Josh Barnett.

A former UFC heavyweight champion, Barnett, was denied the license in the past after he tested positive for anabolic agents.

From Espn.go.com:

Barnett, a former UFC heavyweight champion, was originally denied after testing positive for anabolic agents leading up to a scheduled bout against Fedor Emelianenko in Anaheim, Calif.

Speaking in front of the commission at Monday’s special hearing, Barnett denied ever taking anabolic steroids. He claimed a positive test in Nevada in 2002 came as a result of tainted supplements.

“At the time drug testing was relatively new and the state of the supplement industry was a bit like the wild West,” Barnett said. “The supplements I took in 2002 were reclassified as anabolics in 2004, but at the time they were legal.”

He also said he did not use steroids prior to the Emelianenko fight, when the CSAC-issued urinalysis revealed Drostanolone metabolites in his system.

Barnett however blamed the positive test in 2002 as a result of tainted supplements and said he never used anabolic steroids.

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A ban of two years has been imposed on Surya Prasad Sharma of India after testing positive for an anabolic steroid.

The doping incident has once suggested that the use of anabolic steroids is still prevalent in the circles of professional sports despite claims made by government and anti-doping agencies.

From Timesofindia.indiatimes.com:

FINA says Sharma had traces of stanozolol in a sample given at a competition in Trivadrum, India.

India’s national anti-doping agency imposed a two-year ban which expires in November 2013.

Sharma’s case is among a series of doping suspensions involving steroids handed down in recent months to Indian athletes across several Olympic sports.

The ban of Sharma will expire in November 2013.

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A Madrid court has declared police evidence gathered in the Operation Greyhound anti probe of Spain as invalid, which means that the outstanding charges against the accused are to be shelved.

Phone recordings and materials collected in raids, like bags of blood, transfusion equipment, and anabolic steroids could not be used, according to the ruling.

From Timesofindia.indiatimes.com:

Operation Greyhound hit the headlines in December 2010 when a series of raids by Spanish police across the country saw sports doctors, pharmacists, trainers, coaches, agents and athletes taken in for questioning.

Around 14 people were suspected of involvement in the trafficking of drugs and crimes against public health.

Spain’s former world steeplechase champion Marta Dominguez was the highest profile person implicated but she was cleared of three charges last year.

“The police sought judicial authorisation to record phone conversations (of suspects) and the judge agreed without the existence of a basic and consistent investigation,” the ruling said.

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