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Vikes RB had paraphernalia*to circumvent drug tests
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A Minnesota Vikings running back with a history of violating the NFL's drug policy was briefly detained by airport police last month after they found an elaborate kit used to beat drug tests.
Police at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport questioned Onterrio Smith April 21 after a search of his bag discovered six of seven vials of white powder, which police said were the same consistency as cocaine, according to a police report.
After the powder tested negative for drugs, Smith told officers it was dried urine used in conjunction with the jock strap, fake penis and bladder which he was also carrying. In addition, he had a bottle of pills labeled "cleansing formula."
The rig was called "The Original Whizzinator" and Smith told police it was "for making a clean urine test." Smith told officers he was taking the kit to his cousin. The police report did not say where Smith was traveling.
Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Tice told the Star Tribune, which broke the story in Wednesday's editions, that he didn't know about the incident and had no comment.
On Wednesday, a team spokesman for the Minnesota Vikings had no comment. Smith's agent, Douglas Hendrickson, did not immediately return a message left at his office.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said league rules state that failing to cooperate with a drug test was the same as failing it, but he wasn't sure of the penalties, if any, for possessing a device designed to beat such the test.
Smith was suspended last season for four games after testing positive for marijuana. It was his second "strike" in the NFL's substance-abuse program. He would earn a yearlong suspension for a third violation.
In 2000, the University of Tennessee removed Smith from the team for marijuana use. He finished his college career at Oregon.
Smith, 24, rushed for 579 yards as a rookie and led the Vikings last season with 544 yards.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A Minnesota Vikings running back with a history of violating the NFL's drug policy was briefly detained by airport police last month after they found an elaborate kit used to beat drug tests.
Police at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport questioned Onterrio Smith April 21 after a search of his bag discovered six of seven vials of white powder, which police said were the same consistency as cocaine, according to a police report.
After the powder tested negative for drugs, Smith told officers it was dried urine used in conjunction with the jock strap, fake penis and bladder which he was also carrying. In addition, he had a bottle of pills labeled "cleansing formula."
The rig was called "The Original Whizzinator" and Smith told police it was "for making a clean urine test." Smith told officers he was taking the kit to his cousin. The police report did not say where Smith was traveling.
Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Tice told the Star Tribune, which broke the story in Wednesday's editions, that he didn't know about the incident and had no comment.
On Wednesday, a team spokesman for the Minnesota Vikings had no comment. Smith's agent, Douglas Hendrickson, did not immediately return a message left at his office.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said league rules state that failing to cooperate with a drug test was the same as failing it, but he wasn't sure of the penalties, if any, for possessing a device designed to beat such the test.
Smith was suspended last season for four games after testing positive for marijuana. It was his second "strike" in the NFL's substance-abuse program. He would earn a yearlong suspension for a third violation.
In 2000, the University of Tennessee removed Smith from the team for marijuana use. He finished his college career at Oregon.
Smith, 24, rushed for 579 yards as a rookie and led the Vikings last season with 544 yards.
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