SYDNEY – Former Olympic swimmer Scott Miller was in custody on Tuesday and has been charged with drug trafficking after Australian police seized methamphetamine worth 2 million Australian dollars ($ 1.6 million) and accused him of running a criminal syndicate.
Police arrested 45-year-old Miller and a 47-year-old man, who has not been named by name, in their Sydney homes on Tuesday after they found methamphetamine hidden in eight candles in January, a police statement said.
Miller was the director of a criminal syndicate, police chief John Watson alleged.
“Others, it is said, are working under his direction,” Watson said.
The two men shared drugs from Sydney bound for the regional state of New South Wales.
“This was no small operation,” said Watson. “They were well organized and well funded.”
Miller won a silver medal in the 100-meter butterfly at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He was also part of the Australian 4 × 100-meter medley relay team in Atlanta that won bronze.
He also won a gold medal at the world championship in the 100-meter butterfly in Rio de Janeiro in 1995.