Former Hawthorn player Trent Croad was involved in a peptide supply deal linked to an outlaw bikie gang, according to a report in Fairfax newspapers.
Fairfax is reporting that Croad, a 2008 premiership winner and 2005 All Australian defender, has been investigated by the Australian Crime Commission.
The report claims Croad had confided in friends that he met figures associated with the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang last year in relation to a deal involving the sale of peptides.
At the time of the meeting, peptides were unregulated and it was not illegal to sell them
AFL sources have told Fairfax that Croad approached at least two clubs offering to supply them with supplements
Until late last year, Croad held a senior role at the Epigenx medical practice in Melbourne.
In September last year, Croad started a company called Pharma Ventures.
He made no comment in the Fairfax report.
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typical hawthorn idiot!
ReplyRidiculous article Definition of Peptides: Any of various natural or synthetic compounds containing two or more amino acids linked by the carboxyl group of one amino acid to the amino group of another. In other words he sold Protein Powder? Branch Chain Amino Acids? etc etc All legal then, all legal now... This article makes no sense at all... It's not banned drugs, doesn't even mention banned stimulants (which are not peptides)... This guy had a legitimate business and knew a biker... whoa Where's the story again?
ReplyBig deal, At the time of the meeting, peptides were unregulated and it was not illegal to sell them, their words not mine. It's his job to sell supplements, this article is terrible.
ReplyThis is soooo interesting - IF TRUE A certain ex HAWKS President was on the radio doing what he does best - populist rants about what the AFL should do about drugs in sport - now if I'm not mistaken the "Croad" allegations happen during his watch.... What else has been going on down in Hawkland during his watch....I wonder Easy to get on a high horse....until it's your organisation involved...why no radio rants today?
ReplyTo curb this scourge the leagues need to show some balls and start throwing out life bans instead of mummying the rotten eggs in so called rehab. Any player or member found with any association with dirtbag bikie gangs need to be named, shamed and banned. Its not the individual or the players we need worry about - its the bad example its giving our kids. These wanker "role models" make it seem ok to associate with drug dealing, criminal rapist bikies. WELL IT AINT.
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