Mystery of Rabbitohs premiership ring turning up in drug raid tough to crack
A SEARCH to find the owner has so far come up empty after Northern Territory police uncovered a NRL premiership ring from South Sydney?s triumph last year during a drug bust in Darwin.
The ring was seized alongside drugs including methamphetamines, cannabis and steroids during the raid of a Tipperary Waters home two weeks ago.
Police are investigating who it belongs to, reports the Nine Network, but have failed to uncover its owner or how it got there despite a fortnight of trying.
Only one of the Rabbitohs? 20 premiership rings has ever been reported missing ? Dylan Walker lost his prized jewellery overboard during celebrations on Sydney Harbour.
At the time, Ben Fordham revealed on his 2GB show: ?They decided to go for a swim and Walker decided to take off his ring so that he didn?t lose it.
?As it he took it off he dropped it. His NRL premiership ring is somewhere on the bottom of Sydney Harbour.?
South Sydney have confirmed to detectives that all the players still have theirs (Walker?s was replaced) so the investigation is focusing on uncovering the owner.
The rings, produced by Zed?n?Zed jewellers, cost the NRL $8000 each and boast 39 diamonds.
They are the most expensive rings to be handed out on Grand Final day ? the Roosters? 2013 rings cost $6000 and in 2004 they were valued at $2500.
One other ring has turned up in murky circumstances, former Melbourne winger Marcus Bai?s 1999 premiership ring was identified in a Cash Converters store last June ? seven years after being stolen from his Gold Coast home.
A number of other premiership rings have turned up on eBay.
A 31-year-old man and 26-year-old woman appear in court this morning on the drug charges.
Neil Breen ‏@breenie9
