{"id":11994,"date":"2018-05-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\/"},"modified":"2018-05-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T00:00:00","slug":"former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\/","title":{"rendered":"LATEST &#8212; Bomber Thompson arrested and charged with drug offences"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>UPDATE, 3.28pm &#8212; Bomber Thompson has been arrested and charged with seven counts, including trafficking ice and possession of LSD and ecstasy.<\/h3>\n<p>Victoria Police confirm a 54-year-old Port Melbourne man will face Melbourne Magistrates&#8217; Court this afternoon, charged with drug-related offences.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Former AFL coach Mark &#39;Bomber&#39; Thompson has been arrested and charged with seven counts, including trafficking ice and possession of LSD and ecstasy, following reported police raids on his home. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/7AFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#7AFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/7News?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#7News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g7kZDa4FFx\">pic.twitter.com\/g7kZDa4FFx<\/a><\/p>&mdash; 7 News Adelaide (@7NewsAdelaide) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/7NewsAdelaide\/status\/991188358431850496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p>EARLIER&#8230;<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p>Asked whether <strong>Mark Thompson<\/strong> was still in the country, former Essendon premiership teammate <strong>Tim Watson<\/strong> says he doesn\u2019t know.<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p>This week it emerged <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/Police-Found-Drugs-In-Bomber-Thompson-s-Bedroom-During-Raid\">police found drugs<\/a> when they raided Bomber\u2019s house earlier in the year, but Watson says he hopes his former captain still makes the upcoming premiership team reunion.<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<blockquote>&#13;\n\t<h3>\u201cI hope so,\u201d Watson told&nbsp;SEN.<\/h3>&#13;\n&#13;\n\t<h3>\u201cI get the feeling I don\u2019t know because it\u2019s in a few weeks. I know a lot of people have reached out to him and have not been able to make contact.<\/h3>&#13;\n&#13;\n\t<h3>\u201cI don\u2019t know where he is and I\u2019m hopeful, given he was such a significant part of that team, he was the captain. Not just that, he was such a strong leader around the club at that time.<\/h3>&#13;\n&#13;\n\t<h3>\u201cA lot of people would be disappointed if they didn\u2019t see him at the reunion.\u201d<\/h3>&#13;\n<\/blockquote>&#13;\n&#13;\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tim Watson says he hopes to see Mark Thompson at Essendon&#39;s 1993 premiership team reunion in a few weeks | <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X4U4062cqP\">https:\/\/t.co\/X4U4062cqP<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6DjNovOh7N\">pic.twitter.com\/6DjNovOh7N<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SEN 1116 (@1116sen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1116sen\/status\/991068235243012096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE, 3.28pm &#8212; Bomber Thompson has been arrested and charged with seven counts, including trafficking ice and possession of LSD and ecstasy. Victoria Police confirm a 54-year-old Port Melbourne man will face Melbourne Magistrates&#8217; Court this afternoon, charged with drug-related offences. BREAKING: Former AFL coach Mark &#39;Bomber&#39; Thompson has been arrested and charged with seven [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-11994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","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>LATEST - Bomber Thompson arrested and charged with drug offences - 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\/sport\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LATEST -- Bomber Thompson arrested and charged with drug offences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UPDATE, 3.28pm &#8212; Bomber Thompson has been arrested and charged with seven counts, including trafficking ice and possession of LSD and ecstasy. Victoria Police confirm a 54-year-old Port Melbourne man will face Melbourne Magistrates&#8217; Court this afternoon, charged with drug-related offences. BREAKING: Former AFL coach Mark &#039;Bomber&#039; Thompson has been arrested and charged with seven [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FIVEAA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-01T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bomber-thompson_0.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tim Ashdown\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tim Ashdown\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tim Ashdown\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687\"},\"headline\":\"LATEST &#8212; Bomber Thompson arrested and charged with drug offences\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-01T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":280,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/bomber-thompson_0.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\\\/\",\"name\":\"LATEST - Bomber Thompson arrested and charged with drug offences - FIVEAA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/bomber-thompson_0.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-01T00:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/bomber-thompson_0.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/bomber-thompson_0.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"LATEST &#8212; Bomber Thompson arrested and charged with drug offences\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/\",\"name\":\"FIVEAA\",\"description\":\"Always Adelaide\",\"alternateName\":\"FIVEAA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687\",\"name\":\"Tim Ashdown\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tim Ashdown\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/author\\\/tashdown\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"LATEST - Bomber Thompson arrested and charged with drug offences - FIVEAA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"LATEST -- Bomber Thompson arrested and charged with drug offences","og_description":"UPDATE, 3.28pm &#8212; Bomber Thompson has been arrested and charged with seven counts, including trafficking ice and possession of LSD and ecstasy. Victoria Police confirm a 54-year-old Port Melbourne man will face Melbourne Magistrates&#8217; Court this afternoon, charged with drug-related offences. BREAKING: Former AFL coach Mark &#39;Bomber&#39; Thompson has been arrested and charged with seven [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\/","og_site_name":"FIVEAA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1395FIVEaa","article_published_time":"2018-05-01T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bomber-thompson_0.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Tim Ashdown","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@1395FIVEaa","twitter_site":"@1395FIVEaa","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tim Ashdown","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\/"},"author":{"name":"Tim Ashdown","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687"},"headline":"LATEST &#8212; Bomber Thompson arrested and charged with drug offences","datePublished":"2018-05-01T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\/"},"wordCount":280,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bomber-thompson_0.jpg","articleSection":["Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\/","url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\/","name":"LATEST - Bomber Thompson arrested and charged with drug offences - FIVEAA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bomber-thompson_0.jpg","datePublished":"2018-05-01T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bomber-thompson_0.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bomber-thompson_0.jpg","width":700,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-teammate-says-he-doesn-t-know-where-bomber-thompson-is\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"LATEST &#8212; Bomber Thompson arrested and charged with drug offences"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/","name":"FIVEAA","description":"Always Adelaide","alternateName":"FIVEAA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687","name":"Tim Ashdown","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tim Ashdown"},"url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/author\/tashdown\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11994"},{"taxonomy":"geo_market","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/geo_market?post=11994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}