Former Australian national team member, Andrew Wyper was convicted of illegally importing performance enhancing drugs from Indonesia in a court in Sydney. The 21-year-old was fined AUS$4,067, and the conviction could mark the end of his cycling career. Wyper represented Australia at the 2003 world road championships in Canada and the 2003 junior world track championships in Russia.
In November of last year, Australian customs officials detected a package travelling from Indonesia with four vials of anabolic steroids, seven vials of human growth hormone, and a syringe marked as containing EPO according tot he Courier Mail. A subsequent raid of a house in Inverell led authorities to seize relevant documents in the case.
