The field hockey forward won a silver medal at the 2021 Olympics and a bronze at the World Championships.
During the Olympic Games This turbulent summer is not just about the pollution levels of the Seine, the river that passes through the French capital. In Paris, in fact, it also happens that some athletes who arrived with the rest of the Olympic expedition, specifically the Australian one, are caught buying drugs.
An Australian field hockey player who arrived at the Paris Olympics with his team a week ago now, Tom Craigwas arrested in Paris on charges of purchasing cocaine. The athlete, who participated in the Olympics, was arrested yesterday, Tuesday evening, during a police operation in the Pigalle neighborhood.
The episode is incredible given that we are talking about an athlete who is in France to participate in one of the most important and followed events on the planet, as well as one of great prestige for every athlete. According to what was reported by ‘France Info’, the athlete was found in possession of a gram of cocaine. Certainly not a scandalous amount, but enough to stop him and put him on the sidelines of the team that reached the Paris Olympics.
On Tuesday night, Tom Craig, striker of the squad Australian National Team of the Kookaburras, in fact, had left a dinner with his teammates. He had said he had to go for a walk in the city. Around midnight, the police noticed him near a building in the ninth arrondissement, and within a short time the athlete was arrested by the anti-drug police of Paris.
According to ‘France Info’, the police arrested “two men during a transaction” and one of them was Craig. The other is a 17-year-old boy, believed to be the drug dealerin fact he had a significant quantity of drugs with him. The Australian Olympic Committee confirmed the arrest without revealing the athlete’s identity. It reads: “We confirm that a member of the Australian hockey team is in custody after being arrested in Paris on August 6.” Under French law, anyone found in possession of less than five grams of cocaine can receive an immediate fine of up to 150 euros.
They would be continuing the investigations on Tom Craig to understand the degree of involvement and whether there are other people involved in this dirty business. The field hockey forward won the silver medal at the 2021 Olympics and the bronze at the World Championships. He is also known for his relationship with Alice Arnott, also a player on the Australian national team. Both the men’s and women’s teams were eliminated in the quarterfinals in Paris.
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