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On way back, Daredevil Asif held in Dubai for ‘carrying’ alleged drug

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    • Associated Press Tags : Posted: Wednesday, Jun 04, 2008 at 0013 hrs Islamabad, June 3:

    Pakistani fast bowler Mohammed Asif has been detained at Dubai airport for allegedly carrying an illegal substance, officials said Tuesday.

    Pakistan Cricket Board manager of human resources Nadim Akram said charges have not been laid against the 25-year-old player, but the board has hired a lawyer for him. Akram spoke to AP from Dubai where he is making efforts to secure Asif’s release.

    Asif was detained at the airport en route to Pakistan from the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament after authorities found an “illegal substance” in his wallet, Akram said, without identifying the substance.

    An official with the Dubai Public Prosecutions Office confirmed Asif was detained on suspicion of carrying an illegal substance.

    Akram told Pakistan’s Dawn News TV that Asif said he had been given herbal medicine for an elbow injury he suffered four or five months ago and had forgotten he was still carrying it.

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    Asif and fellow speedster Shoaib Akhtar tested positive for the banned steroid Nandrolone in 2006. The PCB initially banned the players for one and two years respectively, but the bans were overturned on appeal.

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