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| Irish Olympics Prime arrested in Rio 2016 Olympics game |
Rio de Janeiro powers captured IOC official board of trustees part Patrick Hickey on Wednesday morning, as indicated by numerous reports. The leader of the European Olympic board of trustees is being blamed for unlawfully scalping tickets for the Summer Games as of now being held in Rio.
Brazilian daily paper Estadao reported that Hickey was captured at the "Olympic Family Hotel" in Rio's Barra da Tijuca neighborhood. There have additionally been reports that Hickey was taken to the doctor's facility in the wake of feeling sick right now of his capture, and that his Olympic certifications were likewise seized by police.
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The AP reports that Hickey is associated with taking part in the activity "with no less than six others" and that specialists have seized more than 1,000 tickets that had been sold for high exOlympicspenses in the wake of being designated by the Olympic Council of Ireland. Another Irish official was captured in the same test a week ago.
"Proceeding with our examination, common police found the inclusion of Patrick in the worldwide plan of ticket scalping," the Rio police extortion unit told the Associated Press.
"We are looking for aggregate clarity on the circumstance before we remark encourage," the Olympic Council of Ireland said in an announcement on its site. A report obviously connected with the "demonstration of capture" flowed on
Hickey, 71, has been an individual from the IOC official board following 2012 and President of the Olympic Council of Ireland since 1989. Hickey is a previous Irish judo competitor.
Brazilian journalist Jamil Chade tweeted that his accreditations for the lodging where Hickey was staying had been disavowed by the IOC
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| Europe's top Olympic official arrested in Rio ticketing probe |
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