Irishman arrested and jailed in Rio for scalping Olympics tickets

By Lia Timson
Updated August 8 2016 - 8:20am, first published 3:48am
Tickets seized at the Next Flat hotel in Barra da Tijuca. Photo: Screengrab/Globo
Tickets seized at the Next Flat hotel in Barra da Tijuca. Photo: Screengrab/Globo

Rio de Janeiro: An Irishman is in custody, his passport confiscated, after being arrested at a Rio hotel accused of illegally selling Olympic VIP tickets.

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