Paris, May 14: Olympic and world middle-distance running champion Gabriela Szabo has been dragged into a possible drugs scandal, according to a sports daily. French customs confirmed a report that they had seized drugs in a car belonging to the Romanian, 1,500m world and 5,000m Olympic champion, and were checking whether they were banned performance-enhancers. Szabo, 27, was not in the car when it was stopped by the customs near the Italian border. She was making her own way from her South African winter training base to the altitude resort of Font Romeu in the French Pyrenees. Among the drugs seized were Progesteron, used for hormonal replacement therapy, and Actovegin, a food supplement made from veal's blood. The International Olympic Committee's medical commission president Patrick Schamasch told the daily that Actovegin was no longer considered as an endurance-enhancer although it was still officially on the prohibited list. Szabo's husband and coach, Zsolt Gyongyossy told the daily the drugs were destined for another of his athletes and he would be meeting customs officials to clarify the situation. French customs and the government-funded agency for drug prevention have been exercising their power increasingly since 1998, when the Tour de France was torn apart by police raids and drugs seizures that landed several top riders in court. Bureau Report