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BRISBANE - A man has been charged after he was allegedly caught with large amounts of performance enhancing drugs at Brisbane International Airport after a flight from New Zealand.
Customs officers selected the man for a baggage examination after he arrived on a flight from Auckland, last Friday night.
Customs allege the officers found around 30 vials containing steroids, 20 vials of human growth hormone and around 100 tablets, which are yet to be formally identified.
A 28-year-old man from Kedron, in Brisbane's north, was charged with importing a prohibited import.
He appeared in Roma Street Magistrates Court on Saturday and was granted conditional bail to reappear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on June 8.
Customs national manager for investigations Richard Janeczko said the seizure was part of a nationwide Customs operation targeting the trafficking of performance and image enhancing drugs.
- AAP
