<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>329348</docID> <postdate>2024-09-19 11:00:43</postdate> <headline>Late-night incident: police investigating Papalii</headline> <body><p><img class="size-full wp-image-329349" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/20240817116432430184-original-resized.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="567" /></p> <caption>Canberra's Josh Papalii (right) is being investigated after an alleged late-night incident. (Scott Radford-Chisholm/AAP PHOTOS)</caption> <p><span class="kicker-line">By <strong>Jacob Shteyman</strong> in Canberra</span></p> <p><strong>Raiders star Josh Papalii is being investigated by police after an alleged late-night incident at a Canberra leagues club following the team's end-of-season presentation.</strong></p> <p>Charges are yet to be laid on the 32-year-old but inquiries are ongoing, ACT police said in a statement.</p> <p>"About 3.10am on Monday, 16 September 2024, police responded to a request from a licensed premises regarding two men who were behaving aggressively, smashing glasses, and refusing to leave," ACT Police said.</p> <p>"After engagement with police, the men left, however a short time later, re-entered the premises.</p> <p>"A third member of the group escorted the two men out of the premises again, and they departed the location a short time later."</p> <p>Police are also investigating the other man Papalii was with, but they were unable to reveal his identity.</p> <p>The Raiders stalwart earlier this season brought up 300 games for the ACT club, and just hours before the alleged incident was named club person of the year in a ceremony at Parliament House's Great Hall.</p> <p>The incident isn't Papalii's first run-in with the law.</p> <p>The former Queensland State of Origin prop was handed a one-match NRL ban in 2017 after pleading guilty to a drink-driving charge.</p> </body>