He was a hit among bodybuilding fans: “Panoramix” manufactured and sold dangerous drugs

The 34-year-old man is suspected of having gained thousands of euros thanks to this alleged trafficking. MAXPPP – Odilon Dimier

The man was allegedly at the head of trafficking in doping products and drugs. His trial opened this Monday, January 22 in Paris

He called himself "Panoramix"on the Internet, where he sold anabolic steroids that he manufactured by hand to bodybuilding enthusiasts: the trial of an alleged trafficker of doping products and drugs, and his eight co-defendants, s' is open Monday in Paris.

Jean-Yves T., 34, is suspected of having gained thousands of euros thanks to this alleged trafficking, set up in 2019 and 2020 and based in the Toulouse region.

He is on trial before the Paris criminal court for manufacturing, importing, acquiring, transferring and transporting "poisonous substances" and medicines, all in an organized gang, and for illegal practice of the profession of pharmacist. The Order of Pharmacists has also become a civil party.

Alongside him appear seven men aged 26 to 43, themselves steroid users, and who are accused of having been involved to varying degrees in trafficking. Some would have stored the "merchandise", others managed orders and deliveries, and still others participated in the making capsules and injectable products.

His mother prosecuted for complicity

The last defendant is the own mother of "Panoramix", prosecuted for & quot;complicity" under l'"logistical aid" that she would have brought to her son.

According to the prosecution, the main defendant had set up an "online store" where he sold his products under the brand "Androgenix". "Everything (was) done to attract the customer: a professional-looking website, promotional offers, and guaranteed delivery in France and abroad within 48 hours", had relieved the gendarmerie at the time of the dismantling of the network, in September 2020.

Or "these products banned for sale may cause you to gain mass but above all cause you to lose your health, with consequences which can be dramatic" , the gendarmes had pointed out.

According to investigators, "Panoramix" purchased the active ingredients for its products in China. Then he made the capsules himself, mixing the active ingredient with an excipient – flour or lactose – using a kitchen blender.
As for the vials of injectable products, he sterilized them with boiling water and alcohol, in what he himself described as &quot ;underground laboratory".

Due to these "archaic and dangerous manufacturing conditions", the risks were "not hypothetical" for consumers, according to an expert opinion included in the file. "Panoramix" must be questioned on the facts on Monday, the first day of the trial scheduled for six hearing days, until&# 39;as of January 31.