Updated at 6:14 p.m., Thursday, March 29, 2007
Bodybuilder arrested in steroids raid
By Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writer
The 38-year-old man, booked for investigation of first- and second-degree promotion of harmful drugs, was still in police custody today.
Narcotics/Vice Division Capt. Kerry Inouye said charges are pending lab test results of what he describes as a "significant amount" of what is believed to be steroids seized in a warrant search of the man's home.
Police acted on a tip and intercepted a package containing drugs before it was delivered to the man's house.
The man arrested competed in a national bodybuilding contest seven years ago but is not known to Mits Kawashima, who will be presenting the 29th anniversary Hawaiian Islands Bodybuilding Championships on June 30.
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