A registered pharmacist has been arrested and charged with illegally acquiring and promoting steroids and different prescription drugs to individuals linked to organized crime.
Police allege the 40-year-old Melbourne man fraudulently obtained drugs and offered them to individuals, together with felony identities, by way of an unlicensed pharmacy.
He was taken into custody on Wednesday, with police seizing important portions of prescription treatment, together with anabolic steroids.
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Police additionally seized a major quantity of prescription drugs in addition to imitation firearms whereas executing a search warrant at a enterprise in Essendon in November.
The registered pharmacist is accused of working a enterprise with out the suitable Victorian Pharmacy Approval.
He has been charged with a number of offenses together with a number of counts of forgery, acquiring medication by false illustration and unauthorized retailing of poisons or managed substances.
“Victoria Police is completely dedicated to disrupting all elements of organized crime, and on this case, the alleged trafficking of performance-enhancing medication to these operating in these circles,” mentioned Detective Inspector Patrick Watkinson of the North West Metro Regional Crime Squad.
The person is about to seem in Broadmeadows Magistrates Courtroom on October 19.
