Outlaw motorcycle gangs are involved in smuggling of steroids

The newspaper “The Sydney Morning Herald” reports that outlaw motorcycle gangs are responsible for spread of illegal steroid use in Australia. The gangs get high profit and reduced risks.
The detective Nick Bingham has affirmed that New South Wales Police doesn’t focus on investigation connected with steroid use but anabolic steroids become targets of investigations, when outlaw motorcycle gangs are arrested for violation of other laws.
According to Nick Bingham, although New South Wales police officers don’t raid houses of gangs for steroids, they find them, when searches for weapons and stimulants are conducted.
Nick Bingham has claimed that they ordinarily seize such quantities of steroids from motorcycle gangs which are only for personal application. Amounts of other medicines which are usually found in possession of gangs are much greater than those of steroids.
Bingham has claimed that criminals prefer taking anabolic steroids in order to have threatening muscular physiques. They desire to look big and strong.
However Bingham assures that gangs possess steroids just for personal usage, the newspaper “The Sydney Morning Herald” doesn’t agree with this statement. It is reported that motorcycle gangs are involved in smuggling of steroids.
Although gyms are claimed to be the chief sources of steroids for bodybuilders, it is confirmed by “The Sydney Morning Herald” that some gyms have direct links with motorcycle gangs. The Herald claims that many seizures made by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service are linked directly with distribution of steroids by motorcycle gangs.
According to affirmations of Australian Customs, mail seizures of steroids have been enhanced significantly in comparison with past years.
Over 2, 000 seizures were made in 2009-2010 and more than 5, 000 seizures of steroids were recorded in 2010-2011.
Numerous seizures were related to self-administration of steroids imported illegally by bodybuilders.