According to
Mail Online Sport, the Colombian was taken in by officers in Madrid on Tuesday
night before he was allowed to go home after questioning. He has since pleaded
his innocence.
Former Real
Madrid striker, Edwin Congo was arrested and questioned by police conducting a
cocaine-trafficking operation in Spain.
The
43-year-old confirmed his arrest to ‘El Chiringuito’ television show and
disclosed that he was later allowed to return home after he was questioned.
‘I’m very
calm,’ Congo told sports show El Chiringuito. ‘It’s not a comfortable
situation, but I’m at home… relaxed. They asked me a series of questions and,
at the end, I returned home.
‘They told me
to be ready for another call,’ he said. ‘I’m free and I’m relaxed because I don’t
traffic cocaine, I don’t have cocaine at home.
‘The police
said to me that I have to stay away from certain people who are no good for me.
That I have to be aware of things and do them in a different way.’
He denied any
wrongdoing and said he entered the police station with his hands restrained as
a ‘protocol.’
Congo was one
of 10 individuals detained by Spain’s Central Narcotics Brigade as part of
their operation, according to Marca.
The
publication said he was questioned about his relationships with some of the
people being investigated by police for their alleged involvement in
cocaine-trafficking operation in Spain.
He reportedly
admitted he knew some of the people arrested but said he was not involved in
anything potentially illegal. Congo said he got to know them after getting
involved in the business of buying and selling emerald.
The former Colombian international was signed by Real Madrid in
1999 also played on loan with Valladolid in Spain, Vitoria Guimaraes in
Portugal, and Toulouse in France. He also played for Spanish clubs, Levante, Sporting Gijon and
Recreativo Huelva.
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