Sydney Swans star Tom Papley has returned a positive preliminary drug test after being pulled over by NSW Police, who allege he was driving with a suspended licence.
NSW Police confirmed a 30-year-old-man was stopped around 10.30am on Monday, November 2, for random testing.
Police said the man allegedly returned a positive result for methylamphetamine.Â
In their own statement, the Sydney Swans said Papley was pulled over by police on Monday for a roadside licence check.
Papley was issued with a court attendance notice for driving with a suspended licence, due to an unpaid parking fine.
Papley then completed a random drug test that returned a positive preliminary indication. A second sample was taken for analysis.
The results of that second sample will not be received for at least four weeks.
The Swans said Papley informed the club of the matter “immediately”. The AFL has also been informed.
Papley, who has played 216 games for the Swans, is one of the club’s best players and widely regarded as one of the AFL’s best small forwards.
It has been a controversial few months for the Sydney Swans, headlined by the scandal at the Pullman Hotel in Melbourne in August.
Vice-captain Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Nick Blakey, James Jordon and Riley Bice were stood down from round 24 and the club’s two finals for what the Swans termed a “serious breach of expected club behaviour and standards”.
Those AFL-endorsed club bans were separate from the ongoing police investigation into an alleged sexual assault at the Pullman Hotel. No charges have been laid, and there is no suggestion of wrongdoing on the part of the suspended players.
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