German authorities said Tuesday they have seized about 1.3 tons of anabolic steroids and anti-impotence drugs in an investigation of illegal trade in doping substances.
Kiel prosecutors and customs investigators in Hamburg said the substances were seized in raids in January and February. They said the drugs had a black-market value of some euro800,000 (US$1.2 million).
The main suspect, a 33-year-old German man who had moved to Austria, was arrested Feb. 18 at Hamburg airport as he entered the country, investigators said in a statement.
Raids on his former apartment, the office of his tax adviser, a Berlin transport company that he used and a Hamburg company led to the seizure of drugs that included 174 kilograms (384 pounds) of a bodybuilding supplement called "Winstrol Depot," 500 kilograms (1,102 pounds) of kamagra, an anti-impotence drug, and other anabolic steroids.
The substances came from countries including China, Iran, Lebanon and Spain, investigators said, adding that they appeared to be "destined for the domestic bodybuilding scene."
They said they also seized documents that suggested that there had been "a roaring trade ... for at least three years" in the drugs.
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