A city transit cop was among the 124 suspects busted in the international steroids probe dubbed Operation Raw Deal, authorities said yesterday.

Israel Sanchez, 32, accused of selling steroids over the Internet, faces up to 30 years in prison on drug-dealing and money-laundering charges.

The 18-month investigation - which authorities dubbed the biggest steroid crackdown in history - was revealed Monday.

Sanchez joined the NYPD in December 1997 and patrolled the subways as a member of the Bronx Task Force in Transit.

He was suspended on Thursday and resigned from the force later that day, about 24 hours after the indictment was filed in San Diego.

Sanchez "must have breathed in too much steel dust working in transit," a disgusted police source said.

The indictment said Sanchez and Felix Parache imported raw steroid powders from suppliers in China and other countries.

They sold more than 150,000 doses of steroids to customers in Southern California and elsewhere through their Internet-based company, prosecutors said.

Sanchez and Parache used Western Union to conduct financial transactions and avoid detection, according to the indictment.

None of the 124 defendants is a professional athlete. Drug Enforcement Administration officials said they are reviewing documents and e-mails seized in raids and may provide names of suspects to Major League Baseball, the NFL and other sports leagues.

World Anti-Doping Agency officials said any athletes linked to steroids could be banned from the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

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