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A Burlingame lab that specializes in nutritional supplements and serves athletes including Barry Bonds, Marion Jones and 250 professional football players was raided yesterday afternoon by the IRS and the San Mateo County Narcotics Team.
Agents from the IRS Criminal investigations Unit and San Mateo County Narcotic Task Force raided Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative, also known as BALCO, located at 1520 Gilbreth Road. Arriving in unmarked cars, agents slipped into the low-profile building with tinted windows at 12:30 p.m. Computer technicians were seen entering the building and boxes of unknown items were removed.
"We're limited on what can be said. All the court documents are sealed at this point," said IRS spokesman Mark Lessler, adding that more information will be revealed today.
The IRS is the lead agency in this investigation and only a couple of county agents were on scene, said Capt. Trish Sanchez, with the San Mateo County's Narcotics Task Force.
BALCO has fallen under recent scrutiny after Olympic sprinter Kelli White tested positive for a performance enhancement drug last week at the World Track and Field Championships in Saint-Denis, France Aug. 28. White took the stimulant modafinil prescribed to her by Dr. Brian Goldman, who often works with Bay Area Olympic athletes and BALCO.
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BALCO's founder and nutritionist Victor Conte's name is familiar in athletic doping circles. Conte worked with American shot-putter C.J. Hunter at the 2000 Olympics when Hunter tested positive for the steroid nandrolone. Hunter was banned from Olympic competition.
White defends her innocence and claims she was given the prescription to treat the sleeping ailment narcolepsy. She thought the drug was acceptable to take because it wasn't on the list of drugs banned by the International Association of Athletic Federations.
The IAAF ruled yesterday the drug fell under the category of "weaker stimulants" and White will not be suspended from competition. However, the IAAF will rule Monday on whether or not to revoke the two gold medals she won in the 100- and 200-meter races.
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