LONDON (AP) — British shot putter Carl Fletcher has been handed a four-year ban for trafficking in doping substances.
The sanction was announced Monday by Britain’s national anti-doping agency after Fletcher was sentenced to nine months in jail for drug trafficking.
Fletcher was convicted at Liverpool Crown Court of offenses including the supply of anabolic steroids such as testosterone and human growth hormone.
UK Anti-Doping says its intelligence unit worked closely with police in Liverpool and the Serious Organized Crime Agency, leading to Britain’s “first trafficking violation.”