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02-19-2006, 11:16 PM
TURIN: Police found used medical equipment, including syringes, when they raided Austrian athletes in an anti-doping operation at the Winter Olympics, a police source said today.
"When we went into San Sicario one of the athletes threw some used medical equipment out of the window," one police source told Reuters. "We found used and non-used medical equipment, syringes (during the raid)".
Police said in a statement equipment was found in the raid and was being sent for examination.
Police carried out a night-time raid on Saturday on 10 Austrian athletes from the biathlon and cross-country skiing teams.
Austrian Olympic Committee Secretary General Heinz Jungwirth told Reuters: "It is interesting that you have heard from police because we haven't heard anything.
"We are still waiting for the police report."
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"When we went into San Sicario one of the athletes threw some used medical equipment out of the window," one police source told Reuters. "We found used and non-used medical equipment, syringes (during the raid)".
Police said in a statement equipment was found in the raid and was being sent for examination.
Police carried out a night-time raid on Saturday on 10 Austrian athletes from the biathlon and cross-country skiing teams.
Austrian Olympic Committee Secretary General Heinz Jungwirth told Reuters: "It is interesting that you have heard from police because we haven't heard anything.
"We are still waiting for the police report."
Stuff.NZ