Brandon Smith questioned by police over person linked to drug probe
Officers at Gold Coast Airport took the 29-year-old New Zealand international aside after landing at the airport on Saturday ahead of the Rabbitohs' match against the Gold Coast Titans on Sunday.
According to sources with knowledge of the matter speaking on the condition of anonymity, Smith was questioned about an individual familiar to him in relation to a Queensland Police investigation into the supply of drugs.
There is no suggestion of wrongdoing on his part and he was released without charge.
But this masthead can reveal that he previously pleaded guilty to drug offences while living in Townsville and was an emerging talent with the North Queensland Cowboys.
According to court records, Smith was charged in 2014 with two counts of supplying and possessing dangerous drugs after being found with an amount of MDMA at Nelly Bay on Magnetic Island.
He initially appeared in Townsville Magistrates Court before the case was committed to the District Court, where he pleaded guilty.
He was sentenced in 2016 with a fine of $3000. No convictions were recorded.
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