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ozpharma bust
JOHN Triulcio showed all the motivation and panache to be a successful drug kingpin when he launched his “staggering” anabolic steroids empire.
He began importing kilos of raw chemicals and testosterone, bought himself empty capsules and a filling machine before his homemade steroids hit the Adelaide black market.
His drugs were smuggled into Australia after being hidden inside television cables and hollowed out speakers.
His drive to maintain his cash flow never waned despite his backyard operation being exposed and being subject to strict home detention bail.
Today, his multi-million empire is at an end, after Triulcio, 39, was jailed for masterminding “one of the most significant steroid importation” operations the District Court has encountered.
Australian Border Force officers seized more than 54kg of performance enhancing drugs, worth at least $4.5 million on the streets, in what a judge described as a “staggering” haul.
Triulcio, of West Lakes, in Adelaide’s west, was jailed for six-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to 17 federal drug importing charges.
Months before his December 2014 arrest, Triulcio significantly expanded his illegal operations, purchasing chemicals, equipment and directed an associate to prepare for multiple Chinese shipments.
Federal agents and SA Police detectives raided his home-based “steroid manufacturing laboratory”, seizing 3000 phials of steroids, a kilogram of testosterone and 10 litres of liquid steroids.
While on bail for his home racket, authorities later discovered his extensive importing ring.
Armed with a new phone, he continued managing his empire, advising his business partners that part-payment for a 35kg steroid shipment was due to help restart his lab.
Despite being released on home detention bail, he was arrested on Christmas Eve 2014 for imported 23 consignments of steroids.
The following year, Triulcio imported another 43 shipments of steroids and human growth hormones despite being on a heavily restrictive bail under state law.
His awkward attempts to appear macho in the onlineworld of steroid sales fell flat after his admission to being a “gear supplier” made him the butt of jokes in the underworld.
Operating under the user names “OzPharma” and “Alpha Anabolics”, he received positive reviews for his drugs but was told he sounded “like Joey 6 pack down the street brewing in his kitchen”.
But it was his arrest in August that year for several incidents of domestic violence that custom officers discovered evidence of the “commercially motivated” steroid racket.
During sentencing last month, Judge Paul Muscat revealed how the commercial enterprise then unravelled.
“The profits to have been made by you from the distribution of steroids is staggering and it was clearly the driving factor behind you continuing to offend after your arrest in 2014,” Judge Muscat said.
“Your offending over a 10-month period involved one of the most significant steroid importations that has come before the courts. Before you realised it, you were getting deeper and deeper into your business and ... you saw it is a financially lucrative business.
“It seems to that you were seduced by the ease at which you were able to manufacture and sell your steroids.”
Triulcio will be eligible for parole in August next year.
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Fuck, intense article!
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damn meng,,, bloke just wants to make some dough selling roids, police aint having that
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That is a harsh sentence by Australian standards, but the reason is the courts shit all over you when you get caught doing something on bail. I feel bad for anyone put through the cops, who like psychopaths actually enjoy watching people suffer; the courts, and their arrogant perception of self-importance; and prisons that exist not as punishment, but for punishment.
Karl Marx in Theories of Surplus Value 1860 wrote: The criminal produces not only crimes but also criminal law, and with this also the professor who gives lectures on criminal law and in addition to this the inevitable compendium in which this same professor throws his lectures on the general market as "commodities". This brings with it augmentation of national wealth, quite apart from the personal enjoyment which ... the manuscript of the compendium brings to its originator itself.
Marx would have bitterly condemned the so-called war on drugs. Burglass and Shaffer ridiculed it in 1984: Certain individuals use certain substances in certain ways, thought at certain times to be unacceptable by certain other individuals for reasons both certain and uncertain.
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Originally Posted by
smash
That is a harsh sentence by Australian standards, but the reason is the courts shit all over you when you get caught doing something on bail. I feel bad for anyone put through the cops, who like psychopaths actually enjoy watching people suffer; the courts, and their arrogant perception of self-importance; and prisons that exist not as punishment, but for punishment.
Karl Marx in Theories of Surplus Value 1860 wrote: The criminal produces not only crimes but also criminal law, and with this also the professor who gives lectures on criminal law and in addition to this the inevitable compendium in which this same professor throws his lectures on the general market as "commodities". This brings with it augmentation of national wealth, quite apart from the personal enjoyment which ... the manuscript of the compendium brings to its originator itself.
Marx would have bitterly condemned the so-called war on drugs. Burglass and Shaffer ridiculed it in 1984: Certain individuals use certain substances in certain ways, thought at certain times to be unacceptable by certain other individuals for reasons both certain and uncertain.
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I remember this guy being labeled as a scammer at one point .
plus the whole alpha ababolics fake gear story
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Weapon X
Always appreciate the comments of a well read individual
Thanks mate, compliments are welcome haha. Its true that I read a lot, but if that was all I did it would indeed be "useless facts" or whatever, that some people say. The brain needs to be exercised in the same way we train our bodies. The problem is that it has been made much harder to do, quite deliberately, so much so that through no real fault of their own, the public is completely in the dark. I could write a few sentences re history that explains how and why this has happened and give sources but I will leave it.
Intelligence is not particularly relevant. I would be right on average or at best a tiny bit over. Once you understand the historical factors, you still need to develop you ability to recognise good information, and recognise the brains built in flaws in reasoning and processing information. Even when you can do that, you are still left fighting to do it all the time. It has not left me depressed, but I am not hopeful for our kids future.
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Tigar
I remember this guy being labeled as a scammer at one point .
plus the whole alpha ababolics fake gear story
I know you did not point the finger, or suggest any accusation was true so I am not saying you said anything wrong.
And while I always leave room for the possibility that I am wrong, at this point all such talk re that is nonsense - he was a stand up guy. If others did some trickery well maybe. There is so much bullshit talk, and while I get that we all need to be vigilant re potential financial or physical harm, we should be very sceptical of any claims.
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Originally Posted by
smash
That is a harsh sentence by Australian standards, but the reason is the courts shit all over you when you get caught doing something on bail. I feel bad for anyone put through the cops, who like psychopaths actually enjoy watching people suffer; the courts, and their arrogant perception of self-importance; and prisons that exist not as punishment, but for punishment.
Karl Marx in Theories of Surplus Value 1860 wrote: The criminal produces not only crimes but also criminal law, and with this also the professor who gives lectures on criminal law and in addition to this the inevitable compendium in which this same professor throws his lectures on the general market as "commodities". This brings with it augmentation of national wealth, quite apart from the personal enjoyment which ... the manuscript of the compendium brings to its originator itself.
Marx would have bitterly condemned the so-called war on drugs. Burglass and Shaffer ridiculed it in 1984: Certain individuals use certain substances in certain ways, thought at certain times to be unacceptable by certain other individuals for reasons both certain and uncertain.
That same view also is common in the USA too as courts also take a dim view of persons committing a crime while on bail for another crime. LE here in USA also take a strong stand on steroids too, and it seems to be rather bad thing as drugs like heroin and cocaine are inherently far more dangerous than gear.
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Originally Posted by
smash
I know you did not point the finger, or suggest any accusation was true so I am not saying you said anything wrong.
And while I always leave room for the possibility that I am wrong, at this point all such talk re that is nonsense - he was a stand up guy. If others did some trickery well maybe. There is so much bullshit talk, and while I get that we all need to be vigilant re potential financial or physical harm, we should be very sceptical of any claims.
The claim was made about 3 years ago , I remember his personal details including the name of a tiling business being posted up .
the part that now after reading all these reports is “ the scam “he was running involved pretending he had cancer and a whole bunch of other sorry stories .
but this sounds unlikely now that we see these charges .
perhps someone was using his name at th time of his initial bust ?
maybe police were using his accounts ?
the same forum that posted these accusations is now closed as well by the way .
all this makes me wonder ........ WHAT TH FUCK IS GOING ON?
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