How an Aberdeen garage became key stop in global steroid pipeline

Seattle P. I. ^ | October 29, 2007 | DAN RALEY

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ABERDEEN -- The garage has gray siding, a metallic roof and three white doors of various sizes, and it's nicer than the house that shares the address at 2500 Aberdeen Ave. U.S. 101 South is a half-block away, Christian and Missionary Alliance Church just a few doors down, giving the neighborhood respectability.

People stop and take photos of the notorious building in the center of it all. A neighbor jokes about putting the place on his Web site.

This is where previously unattainable riches were created and an international steroid ring came to die, federal authorities say.

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This is an 'in-depth' article with maps, photos and this nifty graphic:

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"The thing that's interesting to me are the Web sites, the bodybuilding sites and discussion boards," said Tim Coughlin, the San Diego-based assistant U.S. attorney heading the case. "Here were a certain amount of Web sites and distribution through encrypted e-mail and customers online that they thought was safe, and obviously it wasn't."

In busting the operation, there was more to it than cameras secretly mounted outside suspected lab sites. Federal investigators appear to have the ability to tap the Internet, though no one is officially saying that.

"We can't name the technology, and this is going to drive you crazy, but we have the capability, and we proved it in this case, to intercept electronic communication all the way to the buyer," the DEA's Payne said. "Typically, we don't focus on users, but we can now. We have the ability to intercept communication of thousands and thousands of people. That should scare people."

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‘If they buy it, it will come’.

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I guess now Aberdeen is famous for something other than Kurt Cobain now.