March 22, 2008
BANGKOK - Two Britons were yesterday arrested in Pattaya on charges of using the Internet to illegally export steroids to the United States, police said.
Police gave the names of the two detained men as Ashly Vincent Livingston, 45, and Edwin Richard Crawly, 44. They were arrested in a sting operation involving US anti-drug agents, police said.
The Britons were picked up on warrants issued by the United States and implemented in cooperation with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), according to AFP.
The men are set to be extradited to the United States as Thai police said they face no charges in the kingdom.
The Britons, who were living in Pattaya with their Thai wives, also had 40 million baht (1.2 million dollars) worth of their assets frozen, police said.
Livingston's wife was arrested on a separate Thai warrant for drugs charges, police added.
Livingston and Crawly set up an online store to sell steroids to customers in the United States.
Steroids are legal in Thailand but are a controlled substance in the US.
