Adriano denies drug trafficker ties
Brazil striker Adriano denies buying a motorcycle for the mother of
a Rio de Janeiro drug trafficker, according to police.
Inspector Jader Machado Amaral says Adriano admits giving
money to a friend to buy two motorcycles in 2008.
Adriano said when questioned that one motorcycle was for his
own use and the other was for a friend.
Amaral said on Friday, "somehow one of the motorcycles was
registered in the name of the mother of a known drug trafficker."
He said Adriano claims he traveled to Italy before the
motorcycles were registered and has no idea how the documents of
one of them ended up in the name of the trafficker's mother.
"If we determine Adriano is telling the truth we will have no
reason to charge him," said Amaral.