{"id":102825,"date":"2024-02-21T07:18:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T20:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=102825"},"modified":"2024-02-21T07:18:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T20:48:10","slug":"melbourne-demon-accused-of-drug-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/melbourne-demon-accused-of-drug-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Demon Accused of Drug \u201cTrafficking\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anti-doping investigators have accused Melbourne footballer Joel Smith of cocaine trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/fiveaa-sports-show-with-rowey-bicks\/interview-darcy-fogarty-20-february-2024\/embed\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"INTERVIEW: Darcy Fogarty - 20 February 2024\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith was already facing a suspension of two years after testing positive to cocaine on a game day last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Herald Sun<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After reviewing his phone, Sport Integrity Australia officials have uncovered multiple text messages sent by Smith referencing cocaine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In one message to Demons teammates last year, he \u00adoffered them a quantity of the drug, it is alleged&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SIA has asserted to Smith that he has violated several anti-doping rules and asked him to respond by mid-March, before it delivers a finding.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afl.com.au\/news\/1077524\/afl-statement-joel-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement from the AFL<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AFL confirms that further Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) have been asserted against Joel Smith of the Melbourne Football Club under the Australian Football Anti-Doping Code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) has notified Smith that three ADRVs for \u201cTrafficking or Attempted Trafficking\u201d of Cocaine to third parties are asserted against him.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Breaking?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Breaking<\/a>: The failed drugs test probe into Melbourne\u2019s Joel Smith has taken a dramatic turn.<br><br>Full details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PoJh7jVxpB\">https:\/\/t.co\/PoJh7jVxpB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1124v1QO0m\">pic.twitter.com\/1124v1QO0m<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Herald Sun Sport (@heraldsunsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heraldsunsport\/status\/1759855099164471708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-doping investigators have accused Melbourne footballer Joel Smith of cocaine trafficking. Smith was already facing a suspension of two years after testing positive to cocaine on a game day last season. According to the Herald Sun: After reviewing his phone, Sport Integrity Australia officials have uncovered multiple text messages sent by Smith referencing cocaine. In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":102826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144,143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-102825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Melbourne Demon Accused of Drug \u201cTrafficking\u201d - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/melbourne-demon-accused-of-drug-trafficking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Melbourne Demon Accused of Drug \u201cTrafficking\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Anti-doping investigators have accused Melbourne footballer Joel Smith of cocaine trafficking. 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