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A Canadian Border Services Officer holds vials of anabolic steroids he discovered in a jar of curry.
Anabolic steroids are the most-seized drugs by border agents who monitor international postal traffic, information obtained by the National Post suggests. .
Anabolic steroids bound for bodybuilders and other athletes — including high school and university students — are the most-seized drugs by customs agents monitoring international mail, according to data obtained by the National Post.
From January to July this year, the Canada Border Services Agency made 933 individual seizures of more than 105,000 grams of steroids. That accounted for 33% of the total number of drug seizures made.
In 2013, there were 1,679 discoveries of concealed steroids — amounting to more than 260,000 grams — about double the number of seizures involving marijuana.
The dangerous drugs, only available legally in Canada by prescription, are being shipped in huge quantities by sophisticated smugglers in China, Thailand and other countries
Anabolic steroids are the most-seized drugs by border agents who monitor international postal traffic, information obtained by the National Post suggests. .
Anabolic steroids bound for bodybuilders and other athletes — including high school and university students — are the most-seized drugs by customs agents monitoring international mail, according to data obtained by the National Post.
From January to July this year, the Canada Border Services Agency made 933 individual seizures of more than 105,000 grams of steroids. That accounted for 33% of the total number of drug seizures made.
In 2013, there were 1,679 discoveries of concealed steroids — amounting to more than 260,000 grams — about double the number of seizures involving marijuana.
The dangerous drugs, only available legally in Canada by prescription, are being shipped in huge quantities by sophisticated smugglers in China, Thailand and other countries
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