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Perth man fined for steroid importation

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A Perth man has been fined several thousand dollars for illegally importing steroids into Australia from Thailand.
Benjamin Thomas Geldart, 21, appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Monday, charged with two counts of importation of prohibited imports and two counts of knowingly making a false statement.
He pleaded guilty to importing 292 tablets of the anabolic steroid clenbuterol and three tablets of the sedative alprazolam, commonly known as Xanax.
The court heard Geldart signed a declaration saying he didn't have medications that may be subject to misuse, abuse or dependence, which require a permit in order to be imported.
When asked by a Customs officer about the contents of a multivitamin bottle, he insisted the pills inside were vitamins, but they were analysed and found to be steroids.
Geldart's lawyer said he had been training in mixed martial arts in Thailand, where the steroids were bought without requiring a prescription.
He planned to use the drugs as a fat burner and had taken one out of a packet of four Xanax to help him sleep on the plane.
Texts on Geldart's mobile phone showed his friends, who were fellow mixed martial arts competitors, wanted him to provide them with steroids.
But they would have been given on a reimbursement basis and not for cash, his lawyer said.
Chief Magistrate Steven Heath said the offences were serious and an increasing problem in Australia.
He fined Geldart $5000 for illegally importing the drugs and $2000 for the false declarations.
The offences, respectively, carry maximum penalties of a $170,000 fine and a $17,000 fine.
Chief Magistrate Heath also ordered Geldart to pay $1500 in court costs.
© AAP 2014
Perth man fined for steroid importation
 
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