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| Patrick Hickey: Head of Irish Olympic committee 'arrested in Rio' | |
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| The head of the Irish and European Olympic committees, Patrick Hickey, has been arrested in Rio over illegal Olympic ticket sales, Brazil media report. | |
| Mr Hickey, 71, is suspected of illegally passing on tickets for the Games to touts who sold them at extortionate prices, the reports say. | |
| His arrest comes days after a man was caught in Rio with 800 illegal tickets. | |
| Police said Mr Hickey tried to escape when they came to arrest him. | |
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