OLYMPICS: Australian hockey player arrested for allegedly buying cocaine in Paris after losing a game!

Australian Olympic hockey player Tom Craig is in custody in Paris after allegedly trying to buy cocaine in the French capital on Tuesday night.

The Australian Olympic Committee has confirmed that reports claiming male hockey player Tom Craig was arrested in Paris on Tuesday night after being caught trying to buy cocaine are true. The Australian Olympic Committee has confirmed that a hockey player was arrested on Tuesday night.

French media reported on Wednesday that Tom Craig, 28, had allegedly been caught trying to purchase cocaine in Paris and subsequently taken into custody.

***Tom Craig has reportedly been arrested for trying to buy cocaine while in Paris for the Olympics***

A statement read: “The Australian Olympic Committee has confirmed an Australian hockey team member is in custody after being arrested in Paris on August 6th. No charges have been laid. The AOC is continuing to make inquiries and arrange support for the team member.”

“The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has confirmed an Australian hockey team member is in custody after being arrested in Paris on August 6th,” a spokesperson said.

“No charges have been laid. The AOC is continuing to make inquiries and arrange support for the team member.”

Both the Kookaburras and Hockeyroos were eliminated from competition in Paris after losing their quarterfinals earlier this week. The arrest was first reported by French crime reporter, Jean-Baptiste Marty, who works for radio network Europe1.

He posted on X on Wednesday morning: “A member of the Australian field hockey team was arrested last night after buying cocaine in a street in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.”

Under the rules in place for the Olympic Village in Tokyo, players were required to vacate their rooms within 48 hours of the completion of their competition.

***Tom Craig in action for the Kookaburras in what was ultimately a disappointing Paris Olympics campaign.*** (Image: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images)

Craig is a veteran hockey player who has made 101 appearances for the Australian national team during a 10-year career. He was part of the Australian team that won a silver medal at the delayed Tokyo 2020 games, and he also won gold at the Commonwealth Games back in 2018.

Australia missed out on a medal in the men’s hockey tournament after they were eliminated earlier this week at the hands of the Netherlands.

#Related Topics:

Medals Table Standings: As is traditional, the table prioritizes the number of gold medals won. On this basis, at the 2020 Olympics, held in Tokyo in 2021, the United States led the field with 39 golds, with China second on 38 and Japan third with 27.

Women’s basketball: The Australian team, the Opals, are through to the Olympic semi-finals after downing Serbia 85-67 in the first quarter-final of Wednesday. It is revenge for Australia after the Serbian men’s team defeated the Australian Boomers in the quarterfinals yesterday

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