Olympic medallist Geoff Huegill and wife Sara charged over party drugs at Randwick races

FORMER Olympic medallist Geoff Huegill and wife, Sara, were charged with drug possession after being found in a disabled toilet at Randwick Racecourse.

Former Australian swimming star Geoff Huegill and his wife, Sara Hills, locked themselves in a disabled toilet in the corporate area of Randwick Racecourse prior to being charged with drug possession on Saturday.

As revealed by The Daily Telegraph online, the couple will appear in court next month after police discovered them with a substance alleged to be cocaine.

Huegill with his wife Sara and daughter Mila.

It has since been discovered that police attended level four of the grandstand after viewing CCTV footage of Huegill and Hills venturing into a disabled toilet in the vicinity of the Moet Lounge, where they watched the final program of this year’s Autumn Carnival.

The Australian Turf Club’s private security first alerted officers after witnessing their behaviour at the race track.

Police allegedly found the door locked, with Huegill and Hills inside, prior to gaining entry.

NSW Police have confirmed the pair were taken into custody around 5:45pm.

A police spokesman said officers found Huegill and Hill in possession of a “small quantity of white powder, which is believed to cocaine”.

Geoff Huegill in winning form at the Olympic pool in Homebush, Sydney. ‘Skippy’ won silver in the 4x100m medley relay and bronze in the 100m butterfly at the Sydney Olympics.

“Police were patrolling Randwick racecourse as part of their general duties when they were directed to a suite in the grandstand by security personnel,” a police spokesman said.

“Police spoke to a 35-year-old old man and his 30-year-old wife, who were alleged to be in possession of a small quantity of white powder, believed to be cocaine.”

The couple have been charged with one count of Possess Prohibited Drug and are scheduled to appear in Waverley Local Court on 14 May.

Witnesses claimed Huegill and Hill were escorted from the Moet & Chandon lounge by police. A spokesman for Australian Turf Club, which operates Randwick Racecourse, declined to comment. “As this is a police matter,we have no comment,” he said.

Comeback king: Huegill wins the 50m butterfly final during the 2010 Australian championships in Sydney.

“The ATC has a zero tolerance policy on illicit drugs.”

After winning silver and bronze medals in the pool at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Huegill endured a much publicised weight battle that saw him reach 138kg.

He blamed a poor lifestyle and excessive partying, before making an inspirational comeback that delivered two gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Huegill, 35, and Sara, 30, who wed in a Balinese ceremony in 2011, are the parents of two daughters, aged two and three months.

In 2012, after the birth of his first child Mila, Huegill described how fatherhood had changed him.

“Now that she is here, it makes all the other things you do in your life insignificant.”