1996 Olympic swimmer ran drug syndicate, Sydney police allege

Scott Miller of Australia holds his silver medal that he won in the men’s 100 metre butterfly at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta (Denis Paquin/AP)

Former Olympic swimmer Scott Miller is in custody charged with drug trafficking after Australian police seized methamphetamine valued at two million Australian dollars (£1.1 million) and accused him of directing a criminal syndicate.

Police arrested 45-year-old Miller and a 47-year-old man, who has not been named, on Tuesday at their Sydney homes after finding methylamphetamine concealed in eight candles in January, a police statement said.