SYDNEY – Former Olympic swimmer Scott Miller was arrested on Tuesday and charged with drug trafficking after Australian police confiscated methamphetamine valued at A $ 2 million ($ 1.6 million) and accused him of running a criminal union .
Police arrested Miller, 45, and a 47-year-old man who was not called to their homes in Sydney on Tuesday after they found methamphetamine hidden in eight candles in January, it is shown in a police statement.
Miller was the director of a criminal union, police detective John Watson’s inspector claimed.
“Others are supposed to be working under his instructions,” Watson said.
The two men allegedly distributed drugs from Sydney to the destination of the regional state of New South Wales.
“This was not a small operation,” Watson said. “They were well organized and well funded.”
Miller won a silver medal in the 100-meter butterfly at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He was also a member of the Australian 4×100-meter relay team, which won bronze.
He also won a gold medal at the World Championships in the 100m butterfly in Rio de Janeiro in 1995.