{"id":207630,"date":"2024-08-09T12:27:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T12:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/09\/player-begs-after-paris-cocaine-arrest\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T12:27:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T12:27:03","slug":"player-begs-after-paris-cocaine-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/09\/player-begs-after-paris-cocaine-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Player Begs After Paris Cocaine Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Tom Craig<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Australia hockey player, Tom Craig, has apologised after being released from custody in Paris following his arrest for allegedly buying cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>The Paris prosecutor\u2019s office said an individual was arrested on Tuesday night for buying cocaine in the ninth arrondissement.<\/p>\n<p>Craig was released with a warning and did not receive a conviction or a fine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d firstly like to apologise for what has occurred in the last 24 hours. I made a terrible mistake. I take full responsibility for my actions,\u201d Craig said as he left police offices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy actions are my own and in no way reflect the values of my family, my team-mates, my friends, my sport, and the Australian Olympic team. I\u2019ve embarrassed you all. I\u2019m truly sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Craig, 28, won silver at the Tokyo 2020 Games and has made more than 100 appearances for Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s chef de mission Anna Meares said she was \u201cglad\u201d Craig had been released but \u201ccannot condone\u201d what he had done.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cHe is a good person who made a bad decision. But there are consequences for decisions like this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has apologised, shown remorse, he has owned up to his mistake, and we will support him if he needs help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meares said Craig had already moved out of the Olympic Village and will lose his remaining privileges at the Games.<\/p>\n<p>Before his release, the prosecutor\u2019s office said: \u201cPolice officers who witnessed a cocaine transaction at the foot of a building in the 9th arrondissement (of Paris), on the night of August 6 to 7, apprehended the seller, born in December 2006, and the buyer, born in September 1995 in Australia and who is said to be a member of the Australian field hockey team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the quantities of drugs seized from the seller, the investigation has been entrusted to the anti-narcotics police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s men\u2019s and women\u2019s hockey teams were both knocked out at the quarter-final stage at Paris 2024.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Craig \u00a0 Australia hockey player, Tom Craig, has apologised after being released from custody in Paris following his arrest for allegedly buying cocaine. 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