"Doing Rambo is hard work ... Where do you think I am going to get this stuff in Burma?"

The famous Sly Stallone, failed to show he had a valid prescription for vials of human growth hormone that were in his luggage when he arrived for a promotional tour in February.

Stallone, 60, had also failed to declare the male hormone testosterone on a customs entry form, although he had legitimate medical reasons for carrying the drug.

Cloran fined Stallone, who was not present in court and had previously pleaded guilty, a total of about £1,250 on both charges and ordered him to pay prosecution costs of £4,100.

In a letter to the court in which he apologized for a "terrible mistake" , the hero of the Rocky and Rambo movies said he had taken the drugs for years for a medical condition that he did not disclose.

In an interview with customs officials after the growth hormone was discovered in his bags, Stallone said he was carrying such a large amount of the drug because he was about to go on location in Thailand and Myanmar (Burma) for three months to shoot the latest Rambo film.

Human growth hormone, a naturally-occurring substance that can be replicated synthetically and is used to build muscle mass, is considered a performance-enhancing drug in Australia and it cannot be imported without a permit.

The maximum penalty for bringing Jintropin (HGH) into Australia without a license is a fine of 110,000 Australian dollars (£45,700) and five years in prison.

But Stallone faced a maximum penalty of £9,000 on each of the two charges and no prison time because the matter was heard in a local, not federal, court.

Stallone, where's your prescription buddy? It's disappointing to see this type of news. But we all know, the first Rambo wasn't clean either, but at 60, you should setting a precedence for at least 2 generations of people that look up to you and want to be little Rambo themselves.

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