A member of Australia’s hockey team has been arrested in Paris and is in custody for allegedly buying cocaine.
The Paris prosecutor’s office said the individual was arrested on Tuesday night for buying cocaine in the ninth arrondissement.
The Australia Olympic Committee (AOC), who did not name the individual or say what the offence was, said they had not yet been charged.
They have been widely named in the media as men’s player Tom Craig – a 28-year-old Olympic silver medallist at Tokyo 2020.
The deal allegedly took place in Paris’ ninth arrondissement near an apartment building, with police officers surprising the athlete and the suspected dealer, 17, who was also arrested. Craig, whose identity hasn’t officially been disclosed, was allegedly in possession of one gram of cocaine when he was apprehended.
The Paris prosecutor’s office said the deal had allegedly taken place on the night between August 6 and 7, adding that local police “arrested the seller, born in December 2006, and the buyer, born in September 1995 in Australia.”
