Article: Bodybuilder jailed for huge haul of date rape drug.

The largest seizure of steroids and date rape drugs in Northamptonshire - and perhaps the country - resulted in a jail sentence for a gym owner and former national bodybuilding champion.

Vincenzo Dalessandro, 52, was jailed for three years for possessing nine sorts of steroids and 12 kilos of GHB with intent to supply.

Northampton Crown Court heard Dalessandro, who was British champion several times, was first arrested when police raided his Bodyshapers gym on December 23, 2005.

Matthew Brookes-Baker, prosecuting, said police executed a search warrant at the gym and his home in St John's Avenue, Kettering, and as well as finding small amounts of amphetamine and ...

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