Bodybuilder Francis Benfatto fined for drug importation

[Millard]

A FORMER professional bodybuilder has been fined $5000 for illegally importing pharmaceutical drugs including Valium into Australia.

French national Francis Benafatto, 47, today pleaded guilty in a Brisbane Magistrates Court to importing prohibited imports and making a false declaration to customs after he was caught with an array of medications on March 4, 2006.

Customs officials examined Mr Benafatto when he arrived at Perth International Airport en-route to Brisbane to attend a body-building tournament on the Gold Coast.

The officials found 11 Ritalin tablets in his luggage, and another four inside his socks he was wearing.

Further searching garnered another 18 Ritalin tablets, 926 Diazepam (Valium) tablets and 22 Noxiderm tablets in numerous containers.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18489305%255E29277,00.html

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:47:22 -0600

 

[elgaringo]

I remember seeing Francis in the 1989 Mr Olimpia. Great shoulders. Dodgy hair do though

 

[Moe-mentum]

Ya, him and Bob Paris used to bite pillows together back in the day.
Ridalin....wtf?!
They probly would have found another 1000 tabs up his bung holio.