Pakistani cricketer arrested in Dubai

[TrueRoo]

Pakistani 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

[brod]

They obviously werent performance enhancing

8 matches
8 wickets @ 37.00
9.25 Econ Rate
3 runs @ 1.50

[mighty_tiger_79]

on the news they said that even carrying a small amount of drugs carried a long jail term in dubai

[Squawk]

Wonder if there is a penalty for scalping tickets in Dubai?
Apparently Socceroos fans were charged $100 ticket for Aust vs Iraq - 10 times and more what the locals paid. Then they couldn't get in......because the guards kept sending them from gate to gate saying each section was full. 5 minutes after the game started, they opened all the gates!

[brod]

The testing of Asif's B sample has been postponed until August 6, so that he has more time to travel to Switzerland.

[pipers]

They obviously werent performance enhancing

8 matches
8 wickets @ 37.00
9.25 Econ Rate
2 runs @ 1.50

brod, how can you have 2 runs @ 1.50 ?

[brod]

They obviously werent performance enhancing

8 matches
8 wickets @ 37.00
9.25 Econ Rate
2 runs @ 1.50

brod, how can you have 2 runs @ 1.50 ?

DRUGS!!!

Lets make that three runs hey

[pipers]

brod, how can you have 2 runs @ 1.50 ?

DRUGS!!!

LOL!

[brod]

He still is in limbo

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