'Blind' Nigerian athlete Etinosa Erivo charged with importing two kg of heroin into Australia

Nigerian Etinosa Eriyo, 33, was hailed a hero after finishing third in the (T12) 100m sprint at the 2006 games. But Eriyo, granted Australian citizenship not long after, was allegedly caught by police with an estimated $600,000 worth of heroin at Toongabbie last Wednesday. Police allege that after he relocated to live in western Sydney to work as a personal trainer, Eriyo planned to deal heroin worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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