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Reds Super Rugby player Karmichael Hunt has been served with a notice around four counts of supplying cocaine.
Hunt met with detectives on Thursday night and was served notice around supplying the drug as part of a probe by the Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission.
The ARU and Queensland Rugby Union have released the following statement.
“The Australian Rugby Union and Queensland Rugby Union are aware of reports regarding Karmichael Hunt.
“The ARU’s Integrity team and the Queensland Rugby Union are making enquiries into the reports.”
The report says Hunt is scheduled to appear at Southport magistrates court on March 5.
Hunt was identified as one of four people “arranging the supply of cocaine during an ongoing drug trafficking investigation,” according to the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC).
“The CCC will allege that during an investigation focused on a cocaine trafficking syndicate operating in South East Queensland, these four individuals were identified contacting the syndicate and arranging for the supply of cocaine,” it said.
The CCC would further allege “the three men and one woman arranged for the supply of cocaine for personal use or to on-supply cocaine to friends and colleagues between June and December 2014”.
The Guardian has linked the notice to former NRL and Queensland Origin player Jason Smith, who was charged with trafficking cocaine earlier this year. The investigation has been ongoing for over seven months.
Smith and his alleged accomplice have been charged with trafficking 280 grams of cocaine. There have been no figures released about Hunt’s charges.
Smith’s charges related to a period between June 2014 and December 2014.
Hunt is one of the most successful code hoppers in Australia’s sporting history.
Hunt switched to rugby union for the second time in his career this year to play with the Queensland Reds after signing a contract in August, and was made vice captain of the side in January. If he has been arrested, it surely throws his prospects of having any further contribution this season in serious doubt.
He played AFL for the last four seasons with the Gold Coast Suns, having moved from rugby league before that. He also played a short stint with French club Biarritz in 2009/10.
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