adminRIO DE JANEIRO. — Brazilian police seized passports from three Irish Olympic officials accused of involvement in black market ticket ring in Rio. The early morning raid at the Irish office in the Olympic Village also netted phones and computers, Irish officials said.
Irish International Olympic Committee member Patrick Hickey has already been detained in the inquiry and is being held in Rio’s Bangu maximum security prison awaiting a court hearing.
On Sunday, agents took the passports of Kevin Kilty, head of the Irish delegation in Rio, Dermot Henihan, secretary general of the Olympic Council of Ireland, and Stephen Martin, police said in a statement. — AFP.
Online Reporter