CNN —Australian hockey player Tom Craig has been suspended for 12 months by his country’s sport governing body after attempting to purchase cocaine at the Paris Olympics.
Craig was detained by French police last month for trying to buy cocaine in central Paris.
He was brought before a French judge, before being released with a criminal warning, Paris prosecutors told CNN at the time.
“I’d firstly like to apologize for what has occured in the past 24 hours,” Craig told reporters following his release from the Paris police station.
Australia was knocked out at the quarterfinal stage in Paris.
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