Pakistani cricketer arrested in Dubai
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:03 pmPakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif has been arrested at Dubai airport on charges of possessing illegal drugs, cricket officials said.
The 25-year-old Asif was seized while returning from playing for Delhi in the Indian Premier League, a Pakistan Cricket Board official said on condition of anonymity.
"Yes, we can confirm about Asif's arrest. He was stopped at Dubai Airport on charges of carrying opium and was supposed to be brought before the magistrate today," the official said.
The PCB would brief the media about the situation later today, he said.
The arrest is just the latest controversy to hit Pakistan's troubled cricket team over the last two years.
Asif was banned for one year after he tested positive for the steroid nandrolone in October 2006. Fellow paceman Shoaib Akhtar was banned for two years on the same charge.
The bans were however lifted on appeal two months later.
Akhtar, meanwhile, is appealing a lifetime ban imposed in April for repeated disciplinary problems
The 25-year-old Asif was seized while returning from playing for Delhi in the Indian Premier League, a Pakistan Cricket Board official said on condition of anonymity.
"Yes, we can confirm about Asif's arrest. He was stopped at Dubai Airport on charges of carrying opium and was supposed to be brought before the magistrate today," the official said.
The PCB would brief the media about the situation later today, he said.
The arrest is just the latest controversy to hit Pakistan's troubled cricket team over the last two years.
Asif was banned for one year after he tested positive for the steroid nandrolone in October 2006. Fellow paceman Shoaib Akhtar was banned for two years on the same charge.
The bans were however lifted on appeal two months later.
Akhtar, meanwhile, is appealing a lifetime ban imposed in April for repeated disciplinary problems
