Josh Addo-Carr has allegedly returned a constructive roadside cocaine check solely days out from Canterbury’s fairytale return to the NRL finals.
Police pulled the star Bulldogs winger over round 10.45pm on Friday night time whereas he was driving in Wentworth Level, a suburb in Sydney’s inside west.
Addo-Carr is alleged to have examined constructive to cocaine however the 29-year-old has not been charged, pending additional evaluation of his pattern.
“About 10.45pm on Friday (6 September 2024), officers hooked up to Auburn Police Space Command had been patrolling Baywater Drive, Wentworth Level, once they stopped a Toyota hatchback for random testing,” a NSW Police assertion learn.
“The motive force – a 29-year-old man – was topic to roadside testing which allegedly returned a constructive indication for cocaine.
“The pattern has been despatched for evaluation.”
An NRL spokesman confirmed to AAP the league was conscious of the matter and was “liaising with the membership”.
However Canterbury soccer boss Phil Gould took to social media on Monday afternoon and claimed Addo-Carr had in actual fact returned a detrimental roadside check.
“The check outcomes had been detrimental and Josh was allowed to proceed on his method. Occurs to all of us at some stage on the roads,” he stated on Twitter.
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“It’s the Police maintaining the group secure. We respect their work. There’s completely no reality to rumours that Josh had any subject. None by any means. Get pleasure from your finals soccer everybody.”
Addo-Carr’s alleged constructive check got here amid Operation RAID, a state-wide operation focusing on visitors offences between Thursday and Sunday morning.
In whole, the operation detected 470 alleged drug drivers from 10,885 assessments.
A minor ankle damage dominated Addo-Carr out of the Bulldogs’ remaining recreation of the common season solely hours earlier than his alleged failed drug check.
The Bulldogs misplaced 44-6 to North Queensland in his absence however hope he’ll return to the sphere towards Manly on Sunday for his or her first finals match since 2016.
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