Olympian Allegedly Caught Buying Cocaine From Teenager
An Australian Olympic field hockey player is being held by police in Paris accused of buying cocaine from a street dealer.
Tom Craig, 28, was allegedly caught buying a gram of the drug from a 17-year-old dealer, who was said by police to have been carrying a range of drugs also including ketamine, ecstasy, methedrone and MDMA, the French daily Libération reported.
The incident happened on Tuesday night at the bottom of a building in the Pigalle neighborhood of northern Paris, famed for its nightlife and red-light district. The young dealer had reportedly been under the surveillance of police, who swooped in to arrest both men.