High-profile Wallabies star Karmichael Hunt has been arrested, reportedly for possessing drugs.
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Hunt, a former rugby league international who made his Wallaby debut this year, was detained along with another man in Brisbane early on Saturday morning.
He was allegedly caught with a white powder, which Sydney's Daily Telegraph and other media said was cocaine.
Rugby Australia has launched an investigation into the incident.
"Rugby Australia has today been made aware of an incident involving Wallabies and Queensland Reds back Karmichael Hunt in Brisbane overnight," the sport's governing body said in a statement.
"It is understood Hunt was arrested and has subsequently been released by Queensland Police."
"Rugby Australia takes all matters relating to the off-field behaviour of its players seriously and has commenced an investigation into the incident in conjunction with the Queensland Rugby Union."
The Telegraph said he was due to appear in court on January 29, charged with two counts of drug possession.
It is not the first time Hunt had been in trouble with the law.
He was banned for six weeks and fined Aus$30,000 by the Reds in 2015 after pleading guilty to four charges of cocaine possession.
