BRISBANE: Super Rugby was reeling Friday after a man widely identified as Queensland Reds star Karmichael Hunt was charged with supplying cocaine.
The charges follow an operation by Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission, which resulted in the arrest of four people on Thursday night.
One of them was New Zealand-born Hunt, who used to play rugby league for the Brisbane Broncos, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and other media reported.
He was charged with four counts of supplying the drug, it said.
"During an investigation focused on a cocaine trafficking syndicate operating in southeast Queensland, these four individuals were identified contacting the syndicate and arranging for the supply of cocaine," the commission said.
Hunt, 28, was on Thursday named at fullback for the Reds in their match against the Western Force in Brisbane on Saturday night.
The team postponed their pre-match captain's press conference on Friday morning as reports of his arrest spread.
A former rugby league international and Broncos star, Hunt joined the Reds this season following a stint in the Australian Rules football league with the Gold Coast Suns.
The three men and one woman are due to appear in court on March 5.
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