{"id":94475,"date":"2025-08-25T10:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/94475\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T10:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:55:07","slug":"brandon-smith-charged-with-drug-and-betting-offences-south-sydney-rabbitohs-supply-dangerous-drugs-queensland-police-statement-news-videos-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/94475\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Smith charged with drug and betting offences, South Sydney Rabbitohs, supply dangerous drugs, Queensland Police statement, news, videos, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fresh details of exactly what\u2019s behind Brandon Smith\u2019s charges of supplying dangerous drugs and using or disclosing inside knowledge for betting have emerged.<\/p>\n

Nine\u2019s Michael Chammas reported the investigation dates back to his time at the Sydney Roosters earlier this year, with allegations Smith attempted to buy drugs for his teammates while on a golf trip.<\/p>\n

The betting allegation then relates to claims Smith provided details of his first game at the Rabbitohs and the team line-up, including the role of Latrell Mitchell, to a drug dealer. Police allege that information was then used by the dealer to place bets.<\/p>\n

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Foxsports.com.au is not suggesting the allegations are true, only that they have been made, and Smith will reportedly plead not guilty.<\/p>\n

Despite the charges the Rabbitohs will not stand Smith down from their final game of the season, according to News Corp<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe issue is back to June 7 when Brandon Smith was still contracted at the Sydney Roosters. The police were investigating a person of interest in regards to drug supply and Brandon Smith\u2019s name came up in their phone,\u201d Chammas said on 100% Footy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey also found that Brandon Smith was allegedly trying to buy illicit drugs for Roosters teammates while they were on the Sunshine Coast on June 7 during the bye. It\u2019s my understanding there were at least seven players on a golf trip that weekend on the Sunshine Coast, and there\u2019s one player named in those allegations that will be presented to the court on September 18.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it could have wide-ranging implications for Brandon Smith, the NRL and the Roosters after that bench warrant was issued today.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The betting offences are allegedly \u201cin relation to Brandon Smith\u2019s first game back in the NRL with the Rabbitohs this year\u201d, Chammas said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe allegations are he provided an alleged target, the drug dealer in question, with details in regards to the team line-up, in relation to his involvement in the team, and Latrell Mitchell\u2019s potential involvement with South Sydney that weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe allegations are that was used to provide information and betting for the person he provided that information for.<\/p>\n

\u201cA couple of interesting elements to this; it\u2019s my understanding Brandon Smith will still play this weekend and he will plead not guilty to these charges.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith spoke with Queensland police after arriving on the Gold Coast ahead of South Sydney\u2019s Round 23 clash and was released without charge.<\/p>\n

Yet according to CODE Sports<\/a>, the police\u2019s discussions with Smith were apart of a wider investigation which has resulted in two charges being handed down.<\/p>\n

The NRL integrity unit was reportedly notified by the Rabbitohs Smith had been handed the charges.<\/p>\n

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The charges do not meet the NRL\u2019s automatic no-fault stand-down policy but News Corp relayed comments from the Rabbitohs that there was \u201cno way\u201d they would choose to stand Smith down themselves from their looming clash with the Roosters.<\/p>\n

The NRL can still make its own decision to rule him out.<\/p>\n

\u201cA 29-year-old man has been issued with a Summons by Queensland Police on August 20 for supplying dangerous drugs and using or disclosing inside knowledge for betting,\u201d a police spokesman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe man is expected to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court on 18 September.<\/p>\n

\u201cInvestigations by detectives from the Organised Crime Gangs Group, Taskforce Maxima, South Eastern Region are continuing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following Smith\u2019s airport police interview, Acting Police Commissioner Shane Chelepy explained the reason behind the conversation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe chatted to him about a number of things and then he was able to go on and play football,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrandon was very co-operative with us and he was able to go on and play a good game of football from what I saw.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Rabbitohs also released a statement after the news of Smith\u2019s charges emerged. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe South Sydney Rabbitohs are aware of allegations made by Queensland Police against player Brandon Smith,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Club has informed the NRL Integrity Unit about the allegations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs this matter is part of a Queensland Police investigation, the Rabbitohs will be making no further comment at this stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith made a mid-season switch from the Roosters to the Rabbitohs earlier this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresh details of exactly what\u2019s behind Brandon Smith\u2019s charges of supplying dangerous drugs and using or disclosing inside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,689,69787,14868,9124,54481,69791,4565,69792,763,2105,2485,4612,5330,69790,18387,677,69786,69824,701,69825,4439,85,69823],"class_list":["post-94475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-betting-offences","tag-brandon-mychal-smith","tag-chris-hyde","tag-coaching-career","tag-crime-gangs-group","tag-cronulla-sharks","tag-dangerous-drugs","tag-fox-league","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-gold-coast","tag-gold-coast-titans","tag-head-coach","tag-inside-knowledge","tag-josh-hannay","tag-oceania","tag-organised-crime-gangs","tag-police-spokesperson","tag-queensland","tag-smith-spoke","tag-south-sydney-rabbitohs","tag-sports","tag-supply-dangerous-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}