400 kilos of active ingredients of anabolic substances of various kinds, including steroids, growth hormones and stimulants; 20 kilos of ephedrine, precursor to the synthetic narcotic substance "methamphetamine"; 4 kilos of sibutramine, a doping substance and anorectic agent banned from European trade since 2010; 61 packs of nandrolone, an anabolic and narcotic substance, prohibited by law; 26 bottles of Ghb, the so-called "rape drug"; 300 kilos of excipients and dyes, functional to the final production of the substances. This is the long list of material seized during a blitz carried out by the Operations Department of the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Health in Rome, with colleagues from the Provincial Command of Salerno and the Company Command of Agropoli, in a rural area.
A laboratory set up with presses, encapsulating and tablet-counting machines, mixers and labeling equipment was discovered.
The investigation, coordinated by the public prosecutor's office at the Rimini court, made it possible to defeat a partnership dedicated to the international trafficking of doping and narcotic substances. Two people arrested.
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