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MURFREESBORO, TENN — City police recently confiscated the largest amount of steroids in the department’s history while investigating an “international drug smuggling operation.”
Murfreesboro Police VICE officers, with the help of agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, arrested Leslie E. Parker, Jr., of Murfreesboro, Jan. 27 in connection with the operation, according to a news release from Murfreesboro Police.
Parker was arrested after a “long term investigation” revealed he was receiving and distributing large quantities of steroids, according to police.
“Investigators believe the illegal drugs were being shipped from China to JFK International Airport, and then mailed to Parker locally,” said MPD spokesman Kyle Evans, via the press release. “Using the U.S. Postal Service, he distributed the drugs to mid-level dealers, both locally, and throughout the entire country to be sold to individual users.”
Lead investigator Bryant Mitchell arrested and charged Parker with Possession and Distribution of a Schedule III Drug and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, according to the news release.
Investigators confiscated a large quantity of illegal steroids with a street value over $500,000 from a storage unit and from a local hotel room where Parker was living, the release reads.
“This represents one of the largest steroid confiscations in Department history,” Evans said.
Evans said the steroids are shipped undetected from Shanghai, China to New York City. From there they go by express mail to Murfreesboro. In many case, police said the steroids end up at gyms and health clubs.
NewsChannel 5 spoke to a confidential informant who confirms despite the illegality and health risks the demand remains huge.
"It's in every gym in middle Tennessee, no question," he said. "You can see a guy bench pressing 275 one week and five weeks later he's doing 400 pounds."
Detectives said people pay big money for those results. A vial of testosterone like this sells for fifteen-dollars in China and can go for more than $100 here.
Parker is free on bond. NewsChannel 5 reached him by phone and asked if he is a steroid dealer.
"No, I completely deny it," said Parker. "There's a lot more to this story than meets the eye."
Parker and his attorney said they aren't ready to discuss any more at this time.
