Bodybuilder admits to raw steroid imports

A Polish man who formerly ran a gym in Dungannon has admitted to imports of almost two kilos of raw steroids in what a court heard was a “well planned, well organised operation”.

Mariusz Bak, 30, from Castleview Heights, pleaded guilty at Omagh Crown Court to possess the Class C steroids with intent to supply, and also to importing the drugs.

From Tyronetimes.co.uk:

The court was told that from January last year to January this year, officers from the UK Borders Agency and Customs and Excise seized 1.72 kilos of various body building powders at Heathrow Airport, having been sent from China, destined for Bak’s home address.

Prosecuting lawyer Robin Steer told the court that as well as the class-C drugs, officers also intercepted a metal press capable of making “thousands” of tablets in a day, 13,000 printed labels and during searches at Bak’s home, uncovered a receipt for the purchase of 1,086 glass vials and “paper work for the delivery of steroids”.

Arrested in September 2010, Bak, who was running a gym in the town at the time, admitted importing the steroids but claimed the tablet press was to be used to make protein tablets as a body supplement.

Bak was sentenced to a two year jail term that was suspended for three years.