No drug charges for Olympic boxer

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An Olympic boxer arrested on suspicion of dealing cocaine will not face any charges, police have said.

Bradley Saunders and his girlfriend were questioned in November after a tin of white powder was found by a sniffer dog in his garden in County Durham.

The substance, which police believed was an amount of the drug with a street value of £12,000, was sent for tests.

On Friday, a spokeswoman from Durham Police said: "The CPS has decided not to proceed."

The 22-year-old light welterweight, from Sedgefield, and his girlfriend had both denied being involved in drug dealing.

Speaking at the time, Mr Saunders, a father-of-one, said: "They told me they'd had an anonymous telephone call tip-off.

"There was never anything in that garden. I know nothing about any drugs."

The boxer was tipped to bring back a gold medal from the Beijing games but returned home after a shock defeat in his second fight.