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SYDNEY - Actor Sylvester Stallone tried to bring 48 vials of human growth hormone into Australia, a Sydney court has been told.
The 60-year-old movie star did not appear in the Downing Centre Local Court today where charges against him for importing a banned substance were briefly mentioned.
The Australian Customs Service has charged Stallone with one count of importing a prohibited import.
Stallone was detained at Sydney Airport on February 16 after prohibited substances were allegedly found in his luggage.
The maximum fine for the offence is $A110,000, ($NZ125,671) but the maximum financial penalty a local court can impose is $A22,000.
Stallone was in Sydney last month for the premiere of his new film Rocky Balboa and left after three days.
Magistrate David Heilern adjourned the matter to the same court for a plea on April 24.
Stallone is excused from attending on that occasion if he is represented by his lawyer, Robert Todd.
- AAP
