SYDNEY – Former Olympic swimmer Scott Miller was in custody on Tuesday and was charged with drug trafficking after Australian police seized $ 2 million ($ 1.6 million) methamphetamine and accused him of driving a criminal syndicate.
Police arrested Miller, 45, and a 47-year-old man, who was not identified, on Tuesday in their Sydney homes after finding meth hidden in eight candles in January, a police statement said.
Miller was the director of a criminal syndicate, said superintendent police detective John Watson.
“Others, it will be alleged, are working under his instructions, ” Watson said.
The two men were reportedly distributing drugs from Sydney to the regional state of New South Wales.
“This was no small operation, ” said Watson.” They were well organized and well funded. ”
Miller won the silver medal in the 100m butterfly at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. He was also a member of the Australian 4x100m medley relay team in Atlanta that won the bronze.
He also won the gold medal at the world championship in the 100 meter butterfly in Rio de Janeiro in 1995.