Two rackets dealing in dangerous steroids dismantled

Greek Police (ELAS) investigators have dismantled two rackets dealing in banned performance enhancing drugs, mainly in bodybuilding circles.

At the center of the case are two unnamed individuals who are said to be prominent figures in that sport and a 40-year-old man suspected of running a lab that produced the drugs as well as antidotes to deal with adverse side-effects. The businessman, who is said to have been the leader of one of the two rackets, also allegedly ran a small printing workshop in Athens that produced labels so that the drugs appeared legitimate.

A total of nine people, aged from 24 to 57 years old, have been arrested so far in the regions of Attica and neighboring Viotia, and thousands of pills and other evidence have been confiscated.

The first of the two rackets was allegedly responsible for importing the materials used to make the dangerous...

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