Karmichael Hunt reportedly charged with allegedly supplying cocaine

Queensland Reds player Karmichael Hunt. Picture: Peter Wallis

QUEENSLAND sports star Karmichael Hunt has been charged for allegedly supplying cocaine after a sting involving the state’s Crime and Corruption Commission.

The Queensland Reds fullback and vice-captain, 28, met with detectives last night where he was issued a notice to appear in court over four counts of supplying the drug.

Hunt’s charges follows that of former rugby league stars Jason Smith and Matt Seers who police and CCC allege were part of a multimillion-dollar cocaine cartel.

The CCC this morning released a statement that said the charges stemmed from an investigation into a cocaine trafficking syndicate in southeast Queensland.

Hunt and two men and a woman were last night issued their notices to appear in court, with the CCC alleging they “arranged for the supply of cocaine for personal use or to on-supply cocaine to friends and colleagues between June and December last year”.

Hunt has been listed in the start up side against the Western Force at Suncorp Stadium tomorrow.

Highly-decorated and known for his successful “code-hopping”, he previously played for AFL team Gold Coast Suns and rugby league team Brisbane Broncos.

He won the Dally M Rookie of the year for the Broncos in 2004, later playing in the Queensland and Australian league teams.

Smith, also a former Queensland and Australian league representative, was charged with trafficking cocaine in Toowoomba between June and December last year after the six-month CCC investigation.

Seers, who played league for NSW, is also charged with trafficking and supplying the drug on the Gold Coast and Toowoomba last year and has been banned from contacting Smith.

Two years ago Hunt said the AFL and NRL’s drug testing policies were similar and thorough.

“Mate, they are pretty much the same,” he said at the time.

“All I know is I get tested a lot and always have. Ever since my second year in league, I couldn’t count how many times I’ve had to do it.”

Hunt is due to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court on March 5.

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GRUNTA - Death of a Salesman February 20, 2015 at 9:31am

Holy crap that is big news.

The reds must be over the moon!?

Doesn't surprise me though...

A couple of years in gaol and then it will be...welcome to the eels Karmichael!
Wes February 20, 2015 at 9:35am

Glad he isn't in the nrl anymore...
The Badger February 20, 2015 at 9:40am

Who is Matt Seers??? Can't recall him at all but it says he palyed for NSW.
- GRUNTA - Death of a Salesman > The Badger February 20, 2015 at 9:41am
  
  Great little fullback who played for the Bears.
  
  The Bears were North Sydney.
- Carloeel > The Badger February 20, 2015 at 7:09pm
  
  Obviously a young un :-)
- Tom Laios > The Badger February 20, 2015 at 11:00pm
  
  He featured in a classic 12th man routine,"They taken Matt Seers off and Soden back on again".That's all I remember of him.
Bup February 20, 2015 at 9:41am

That's a KHunt act.
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- fishbulb February 20, 2015 at 9:59am
  
  Wasn't it 8 in a row?
- Gower Power February 20, 2015 at 4:49pm
  
  Haha, Slater, Cameron Smith and Cronk can lose their Origin wins too!
parra fan February 20, 2015 at 9:50am

probably why he failed at No.10 last week