Drug task force agents have arrested a man in Cedar City for allegedly manufacturing and selling steroids from his home and business.
The Iron-Garfield Narcotics Task Force received an anonymous tip about a month ago and began surveillance. After gathering evidence, they raided the man's home and business, finding a full steroids lab in the home.
"We found all the ingredients to make designer steroids," said task force agent Brian Bairett. "He had all the bottles and a capping machine, burners, glassware and we found the powders he had shipped in from China."
The suspect, who was held at the Iron County jail but has bailed out, allegedly sold to local bodybuilders and may have shipped his products via UPS, Bairett said. The suspect sent e-mails to his buyers, often "having sales, just like JC Penney's would," Bairett said.
The task force must still do more investigating, including sifting through the suspect's seized computers, before knowing what specific charges will be filed. There is a potential he would be prosecuted federally if he shipped drugs out of state.
"We knew he had the stuff, and we knew what he was doing and we didn't want any more of it distributed in our community," Bairett said. "So, we dealt with it."
