Cairns man’s Bali holiday ends badly after buying ‘Viagra’ for mate
A Cairns man has found himself in trouble with the law after trying to buy Viagra for a mate while on an overseas holiday. Picture: iStock
Crime and Justice
Cairns man’s Bali holiday ends badly after buying ‘Viagra’ for mate
Janessa Ekert, janessa.ekert@news.com.au, The Cairns PostAugust 24, 2017 12:47pm
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A HOLIDAY in Bali ended on a sour note for a Cairns man who was arrested for attempting to bring a banned substance into the country.
Leander Birkegaard Andersen claims he thought the tablets were a different type of pill - Viagra.
His decision resulted in a $2500 fine and convictions recorded.
Andersen was stopped at Darwin airport in August, 2014 with a variety of pills concealed inside gum vials.
The Cairns Commonwealth Court was told there were nearly 400 testosterone tablets.
The court was told that there had been an increase in the number of national steroid seizures across the country.
There had been a delay in referring the matter from customs to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.
Andersen, who is a well-built young man, represented himself and pleaded guilty on his first appearance to unlawfully importing prohibited imports and making a false or misleading statement.
He had initially denied they were steroids.
“I bought the tablets thinking they were Viagra for my mate. That’s what I asked the pharmacists for in Bali,” he told the court.
“They’re saying I filled the stat dec out incorrect.”
Andersen had been unaware that Viagra came under the “medicine” category listed on the statutory declaration form all travellers fill in on re-entering the country.
“Yes, they were concealed in a different container,” Andersen said.
The full-time FIFO worker has no prior convictions.
Magistrate Alan Comans said this was not a trivial offence and it included concealment and false statements.
“The cards and all the compliance with these import requirements rely heavily on people’s honesty so general deterrence is very important,” Mr Comans said.
“So that people know that if they do offend they will be punished accordingly.”
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