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Frank Vandenbroucke arrested

Belgium, February 28, 2002

The house of Belgian cyclist Frank Vandenbroucke. Vandenbroucke was charged on Thursday with possession of drugs found at his home after a police raid. Police swooped on Vandenbroucke's home on Wednesday night after stopping his French physiotherapist Bernard Sainz for speeding on a motorway in northern Belgium. Three banned substances - the blood-boosting drug EPO, morphine, and clenbuterol, a substance used to treat asthma - were taken from the home of the 27-year-old cyclist.
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