steroid bust

**cj1capp** · 03-14-2007, 06:07 AM

did you all ready hear about this bust . i found it disturbing due to the other charges.
http://www.herald.ns.ca/Front/563289.html

**cj1capp** · 03-14-2007, 06:10 AM

i cut and pasted it if the link wont work for some of you.

Steroid lab, porn seized in raid
Bridgewater man brought in hormones from China, cops say
By DAVENE JEFFREY Staff Reporter

Police have seized more than $400,000 worth of drugs and shut down a large-scale anabolic steroid lab and Internet sales business they say operated out of a Bridgewater home.

Kevin Wayne Tanner, 38, of Elm Street in Bridgewater faces a number of smuggling and drug production and trafficking charges. He also faces charges of possessing child pornography and violating a court order.

The investigation, which officials dubbed Operation Scott Free for an alias the operator was allegedly using to conduct business, began in April 2005.

"It was quite a profitable business," said Blair McDonald, lead criminal investigator for the Canada Border Services Agency.

As part of the agency’s routine inspection of imported goods, an agent discovered a bag of what turned out to be raw steroid hormones.

That set off an investigation that discovered various shipments of hormones imported from mainland China, an Internet sales operation and a home chemistry lab containing a large quantity of ingredients and steroids . Bridgewater police were also involved in the investigation.

In Halifax on Wednesday morning, law enforcement officials displayed a large table covered with items including a computer hard drive, bags of powdered steroid hormones, empty vials, vial covers, pill bottles, beakers, empty gelatin capsules, an electronic scale and $46,000 in $100, $50 and American bills.

All of the items and cash were seized during a January raid on a Bridgewater home. Many of the bottles and vials were labelled Illusion Laboratories, the name under which investigators say the drugs were being sold.

In all, the operation produced 16 types of liquid anabolic steroids for injecting and five types of anabolic steroids in pill form. The vials sold for $75 to $100, Mr. McDonald said.

The operation also produced erectile dysfunction drugs — impotency is a side-effect of steroid use — that were labelled Viagra and Cialis after two of the popular brand-name drugs. Bottles of 100 pills were sold for $150, Mr. McDonald said.

The goods were sold over the Internet to customers found mainly in chat rooms devoted to steroid use. Customers paid using means from PayPal to cash in the mail, he said.

Mr. McDonald has reviewed several of the recipes used in the operation that were apparently obtained over the Internet.

"It doesn’t seem to be a very simple process," Mr. McDonald said.

It also apparently cost a fair bit to set up the business.

The bags of raw hormones cost $1,000 to $1,500 each, Mr. McDonald said.

Investigators say the lab was operated out of a spare bedroom.

"It was sophisticated enough that he could make a lot of different products," the investigator said.

Officials allege supplies were imported with the use of more than five fake names, various courier companies and a number of drop boxes for receiving mail.

Officers with the border services agency and Bridgewater police arrested Mr. Tanner at his workplace on Jan. 22. He was released from custody the next day on conditions that included orders to stay off the Internet and have no contact with two employees from the Bridgewater Pharmasave and an employee of Purolator Courier.

He has since been charged with violating the order to stay off the Internet.

Agency technicians searching the hard drive of the computer seized in the January raid have discovered 200 to 300 steroid customers from across Canada and the United States. The technicians’ work will likely take several more weeks, officials said.

It was those technicians who discovered a collection of pornography, Mr. McDonald said.

"We found some very disturbing video and images of children as young as three."

Officials said Wednesday that proceeds-of-crime investigators may also be asked to look into the case. As well, there is a possibility Bridgewater police could lay charges under the Food and Drug Act regarding the production of the erectile dysfunction drugs.

Investigators say they will contact other enforcement agencies, particularly if they turn up evidence any of the operation’s customers were buying steroids for resale.

Officials say they believe the Bridgewater lab was operating independently and that the investigation is not linked to any other drug busts in Canada.

The counterfeit drug business is growing around the world and in some cases has even infiltrated the retail market, said Joan Todd, spokeswoman for Eli Lilly and Co., which produces Cialis.

"(Counterfeit drugs) are manufactured illegally in non-sanitary conditions," Ms. Todd said. "They don’t guarantee product integrity and patient safety."

She advises consumers to consult their doctor about drugs and take their prescriptions to a recognized pharmacy.

Mr. Tanner is scheduled to appear in Bridgewater provincial court on March 28 on the child pornography charge and the charge of breaching his recognizance.

On April 11, he is scheduled to answer to the smuggling and drug charges.

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ARRAY OF CHARGES

Kevin Wayne Tanner, 38, of Elm Street in Bridgewater faces the following charges related to what officials are calling a large-scale anabolic steroid production and Internet sales business:

•Failing to comply with the Canada Customs Act

•Smuggling

•Possession and distribution of illegally imported goods

•Unlawfully producing anabolic steroids

•Trafficking anabolic steroids

•Unlawfully possessing steroids for the purpose of exporting from Canada

•Unlawfully possessing steroids for the purpose of trafficking

•Unlawfully importing steroids into Canada

•Violating a recognizance order to stay off the Internet

•Possessing child pornography

**scaramouche** · 03-14-2007, 06:46 AM

heavy shit man

**hardgainer1** · 03-14-2007, 09:24 AM

wow, the child porn thing is very disturbing.

**chest6** · 03-14-2007, 12:34 PM

so many busts lately

**donniebrasco** · 03-14-2007, 12:57 PM

i think it was smurfmaster that got busted, him or style's

**STYLE74** · 03-14-2007, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by donniebrasco

i also got busted for child porn, i love it and can't stop looking at it

Shame on you donnie!!!!

**ru-ga-ru** · 03-14-2007, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by hardgainer1

wow, the child porn thing is very disturbing.

+1 on that. Don't mess with Kids or Old People.

**K.Biz** · 03-14-2007, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by hardgainer1

wow, the child porn thing is very disturbing.

If anything this will be looked down upon most.

**chest6** · 03-14-2007, 02:56 PM

lol I can see it now.

Those steroid users and their child porn

**juicy_brucy** · 03-14-2007, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by ru-ga-ru

+1 on that. Don't mess with Kids or Old People.

I 100% agree...

Here is a pic of the lab that got busted in the first link, just so everyone knows what they are dealling with.

**juicy_brucy** · 03-14-2007, 02:59 PM

In Canada, that guy will get eatten alive, especially when he goes to jail. Discusting. What a discrace he is.

**ronan the barbarian** · 03-14-2007, 04:35 PM

hey donnie,

how about i come round and bite your fu*king face off????????????

then we can all make a joke of that too
you mug!!!!!!!!!

**cj1capp** · 03-14-2007, 06:20 PM

yeah its the child porn that got me as well, thats why i posted it.

**BOOST** · 03-14-2007, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by chest6

so many busts lately

Scary they are on a mission

***Doc.Sust*** · 03-14-2007, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by ru-ga-ru

+1 on that. Don't mess with Kids or Old People.

or defenseless animals

**canadian meat** · 03-14-2007, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by juicy_brucy

In Canada, that guy will get eatten alive, especially when he goes to jail. Discusting. What a discrace he is.

I think he would get "eatten alive"anywear noone respects that charge

**IIIIIIIIIIII** · 03-14-2007, 07:33 PM

The operation also produced erectile dysfunction drugs — impotency is a side-effect of steroid use

haha i love when people who dont know shit start stating the effects of steroids .. its always like.. "Steroids will kill you, better yet.. you will grow another arm!"

**gigem** · 03-17-2007, 04:31 PM

sick mfr! yeah itll be steroids linked to sick sexual predators hell alchohol kills people daily why is it legal? dont get me wrong i like a cold one like the next guy but jesus christ! the deal is any way the feds can justify their roid rampage the better it makes them look it use to be meth leads to crime now its roids lead to homeruns murder rage and child porn i wonder how many murders perverts etc etc have never seen juice!

**Schmidty** · 03-17-2007, 04:36 PM

what a sick fvck

**Schmidty** · 03-17-2007, 04:37 PM

I hate people who fvck with kids like that, it ruins their lives.

**Dude-Man** · 03-17-2007, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by Doc.Sust

or defenseless animals

What about animals that can defend themselves?

**aadrenaline** · 03-17-2007, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by chest6

so many busts lately

yeah they went silent for a little while i caught wind a few months ago that they were turning the heat up..i also was told to watch what you say on cell phones. i heard they are tracking certain words used. dunno how true it is but better safe than sorry.

**dedic8ed1** · 03-17-2007, 08:37 PM

child pornography huh,let that mthrfkr rot in jail,that will teach him.

**chest6** · 03-17-2007, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by aadrenaline

yeah they went silent for a little while i caught wind a few months ago that they were turning the heat up..i also was told to watch what you say on cell phones. i heard they are tracking certain words used. dunno how true it is but better safe than sorry.

cellphones, aim, message boards, unsecure email, text messages (cellphones)

even heard some LE bug lockerooms..not sure how true that is..but theyre getting crazy.