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– Australian Olympic swimmer Scott Miller avoided arrest after previous drug seizures – but the latter could hold him for a long time. The 45-year-old man was arrested Tuesday morning after a huge stockpile of methamphetamine was found hidden in candles during raids in Sydney, the Age reports. Police said the transport was valued at $ 2 million in Australia, about $ 1.5 million. Miller won silver and bronze medals at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but was not selected for the Sydney Olympics in 2000 after a 1998 suspension for marijuana use. He was sentenced to community service after a drug arrest in 2008 and received a one-year suspended sentence in 2013 after methamphetamine and $ 13,000 in cash were found at his Sydney home, reports Sports news. (Read more stories from Australia.)