A few stealth sachets seized in the USA...dated..but educating..
The Sacramento County District Attorney?s Laboratory of Forensic Services (California) recently received four factory-sealed sachets, each labelled as ?Aromatherapy Oil? and containing approximately 5 milliliters of clear liquid, purported to be an anabolic steroid (see Photo ). The exhibits were seized at a residence in Sacramento by California Department of Justice Bureau of Firearms personnel, pursuant to a warrant search on firearms charges. During entry, the officers witnessed an individual transferring the contents from one of the sachets into a glass vial by use of a syringe. The individual admitted that the oils in the sachets were steroids that he had purchased over the Internet. Embossed on the edge of each sachet was the code 24100704; investigation indicated that this product is advertised as a ?Stealth Injectable,? and that the packaging date and contents are embossed in a code on the side of the sachet (in this case, the code corresponded to October 24, 2007, and the last two digits ?04? indicated testosterone cypionate). Analysis of a methanolic extract of the oil by GC/MS confirmed testosterone cypionate (not quantitated). This is the first such submission to the laboratory.
The Sacramento County District Attorney?s Laboratory of Forensic Services (California) recently received four factory-sealed sachets, each labelled as ?Aromatherapy Oil? and containing approximately 5 milliliters of clear liquid, purported to be an anabolic steroid (see Photo ). The exhibits were seized at a residence in Sacramento by California Department of Justice Bureau of Firearms personnel, pursuant to a warrant search on firearms charges. During entry, the officers witnessed an individual transferring the contents from one of the sachets into a glass vial by use of a syringe. The individual admitted that the oils in the sachets were steroids that he had purchased over the Internet. Embossed on the edge of each sachet was the code 24100704; investigation indicated that this product is advertised as a ?Stealth Injectable,? and that the packaging date and contents are embossed in a code on the side of the sachet (in this case, the code corresponded to October 24, 2007, and the last two digits ?04? indicated testosterone cypionate). Analysis of a methanolic extract of the oil by GC/MS confirmed testosterone cypionate (not quantitated). This is the first such submission to the laboratory.
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