Operation Curse has resulted in the arrest of a former pro cyclist who allegedly sold various performance-enhancing drugs to both bodybuilders and cyclists in the Catalunia province of Spain. Jordi Riera, who rode in the 2003 Giro d’Italia, was one of seven who were detained and charged with the trafficking of doping products.
Police raided five residences and seized various performance-enhancing drugs such as clenbuterol, nandrolone, trenbolone, human growth hormone (HGH) and erythropoeitin (EPO).
Police seized approximately 10,000 dosages of orally-administered substances such as clenbuterol and approximately 2,200 dosages of injectable substances such as trenbolone, HGH and EPO.
This included 46 pre-filled EPO rediject syringes, 432 clenbuterol tablets, 200 milliliters of clenbuterol, twenty bottles of the blood product Solcoseryl and 32 milliliters of trenbolone. The drugs were allegedly imported from Andorra and Portugal from one supplier.
The steroid ring was busted after they sent an unsolicited email advertising steroids to a professional cyclist. The cyclist reported the email to anti-doping authorities.
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