Arrest made in bugging of All Blacks' Sydney hotel


  • Rugby
  • Tuesday, 07 Feb 2017

France Rugby - France v New Zealand All Blacks - Stade de France, Saint-Denis near Paris, France, 26/11/2016. New Zealand's lock Brodie Retallick during the warm up. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police have arrested and charged a 51-year-old man with public mischief after an investigation into the discovery of a listening device at the All Blacks hotel in Sydney ahead of their Rugby Championship clash against the Wallabies last year.

The world champions notified police after they discovered the device in their team meeting room at their eastern Sydney hotel in the days leading up to the Aug. 20 clash.

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