Josh Addo-Carr has allegedly returned a optimistic roadside cocaine check solely days out from Canterbury’s fairytale return to the NRL finals.
Police pulled the star Bulldogs winger over about 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 optimistic 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, after they stopped a Toyota hatchback for random testing,” a NSW Police assertion learn.
“The driving force — a 29-year-old man — was topic to roadside testing which allegedly returned a optimistic 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 reality returned a destructive roadside check.
“The check outcomes had been destructive and Josh was allowed to proceed on his method. Occurs to all of us at some stage on the roads,” he mentioned on Twitter.
“It is the police preserving the neighborhood protected. We respect their work. There’s completely no reality to rumours that Josh had any concern. None in anyway. Take pleasure in your finals soccer everybody.”
Addo-Carr’s alleged optimistic check got here amid Operation RAID, a state-wide operation concentrating on site visitors offences between Thursday and Sunday morning.
In complete, the operation detected 470 alleged drug drivers from 10,885 exams.
A minor ankle harm dominated Addo-Carr out of the Bulldogs’ last 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.
AAP
