THREE Victorian police officers' homes have been raided and two officers charged with using performance-enhancing drugs.
A male sergeant and male senior constable from metropolitan Melbourne have been suspended with pay after being charged with possessing synthetic steroids and human growth hormone.
The two officers were charged with possessing and using a substance contrary to the Drugs Poisons and Controlled Substances Act.
"It's alleged these have been taken in personal, private circumstances," deputy commissioner Lucinda Nolan told a press conference in Melbourne.
Police took no action in relation to a third officer, a male senior constable also from metropolitan Melbourne.
The homes of the three officers were among 10 addresses raided when police executed search warrants across Melbourne on Tuesday as part of an internal police investigation.
"It's all about performance-enhancing drugs, muscle building, that type of activity," deputy commissioner Nolan said.
Seven other warrants were executed at civilian addresses, including one address at Moonee Ponds, where police seized synthetic steroids, human growth hormone, cannabis and two pill presses.
A number of people were in custody being interviewed, including four from the Moonee Ponds address, deputy commissioner Nolan said.
Police professional standards command has been conducting the investigation since May out of concern some members are involved in performance-enhancing drugs.
The ongoing investigation is looking into who is supplying the drugs, including whether outlaw bikies have played a role.
Deputy commissioner Nolan says police members who engage in drug use leave themselves open to corruption.
"Once there's slight compromise, our members are very, very vulnerable," she said.
"They do leave themselves open to corruption which obviously for us is a significant risk."
She said police command will do what they can to ensure police members are not using these substances.
"The issue with performance-enhancing drugs is it's so experimental. We're just not sure what the short-term or long-term effects are," she said.
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