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Joey Johns caught with ecstasy
Thursday Aug 30 05:00 AEST
By ninemsn staff
Rugby league legend Andrew Johns has been arrested for possession of an ecstasy tablet in London.
Police stopped the 33-year-old former Australian Test captain at Kings Cross underground station on Sunday afternoon.
Johns was found with one ecstasy tablet, and was released with an official warning meaning he now has a criminal record in Britain.The rugby great had reportedly been partying at The Church, an all-day club at Kentish Town that is popular with Australian expats and tourists.
He was not charged over the incident and is free to return to Australia, but if he is ever caught in another similar situation he could face court.
Johns was searched as part of a British Transport Police operation in the London underground to catch drug users travelling to the Notting Hill Carnival.
The former footy star was one of 206 people arrested for drugs possession in London over the British holiday weekend.
Police confirmed last night that "an Australian man in his 30s was arrested and cautioned for possession of an ecstasy tablet".
Johns had been holidaying in Britain, and had spent the previous week attending the Challenge Cup final at Wembley stadium and coaching the rugby union club Harlequins.
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