{"id":379400,"date":"2024-03-25T08:37:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T09:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=379400"},"modified":"2024-03-25T12:03:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T12:03:08","slug":"swans-embroiled-in-cocaine-scandal-after-police-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=379400","title":{"rendered":"Swans embroiled in cocaine scandal after police charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sydney Swans<\/a> \ufeffare under the microscope after revelations two of its AFLW players were charged by police in the off-season.<\/p>\n

9News Melbourne reporter Tom Morris revealed the players were "caught with an illicit substance understood to be cocaine last year".<\/p>\n

Both players received a conditional release after the incident.<\/p>\n

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The AFL has confirmed it is aware of the incident. Sydney Swans declined to comment.<\/p>\n

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Morris added club powerbrokers had knowledge of the incident. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"I understand key officials \ufeffat the Sydney Swans have been aware for some months," he said.<\/p>\n

"This incident, which was not on game day, \ufeffas a result doesn't carry the same offence as Melbourne's Joel Smith<\/a>."<\/p>\n

The scandal brings into review the AFL's drug policy after a number of incidents in the past year.<\/p>\n

Smith was provisionally suspended in October<\/a> after returning a positive result to cocaine in a drugs test.<\/p>\n

Last month he was accused of trafficking cocaine<\/a>\ufeff with reports suggesting he sent texts to Demons teammates offering them the substance.<\/p>\n

In an anti-doping context, trafficking may include an athlete "selling, delivering or distributing" any prohibited substance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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