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NRL superstar Blake Ferguson has been arrested in Japan after allegedly attacking a man in a restaurant before being found carrying cocaine.
The former Parramatta Eels player was accompanied by officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police to the Azabu police station at about 6:30am on December 30.
Police were acting off suspicions Ferguson had beat up another man in a restaurant in Roppongi in Minato City, a popular night club scene in Tokyo.
It was at the police station when officers searched the footy star's belongings and allegedly found cocaine, online Japanese publication Livedoor reports.
The alleged incident comes just months after Ferguson signed with the NEC Green Rockets in the Japanese Top League and moved to the Land of the Rising Sun.
NRL superstar Blake Ferguson (right) has been arrested in Japan after allegedly attacking a man in a restaurant before being found carrying cocaine
The alleged incident comes just months after Ferguson signed with the NEC Green Rockets in the Japanese Top League and moved to the Land of the Rising Sun
He joined former Wallabies coach Michael Cheika currently the director of rugby at the Rockets and former Wallaby Scott Fardy who works as the defence coach.
His team confirmed his arrest with a short statement on its website.
'Blake Ferguson, a contract player belonging to NEC Green Rockets Tokatsu, was arrested on December 30 on suspicion of possessing illegal drugs,' it said.
'We deeply apologise for
