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“In the course of an investigation, the police discovered Patrick’s involvement in an worldwide scalping scheme”, a police spokeswoman said in a statement.
Mr Hickey was taken ill as this warrant was served and was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure.
“We will fully cooperate with the police investigation if there is one”, Adams said.
“We don’t actually know what the charges are or what the evidence is yet”.
The European Olympic Committees president has previously been criticized by some for inviting leaders of countries with questionable human rights records to host the European Games – such as Azerbaijan in 2015.
“He was arrested”, a spokesman confirmed. “Even more when we are talking about the biggest sporting event that should uphold ethics and an global spirit”. It involves the NOC (national Olympic committee) of Ireland, which has already launched an inquiry and we wait to see what comes from that.
Brazilian media claim that Hickey has since been hospitalised “after feeling sick the moment he got arrested”. Police eventually found Hickey in another, otherwise empty, room registered in the name of his son. He remains in custody along with his translator. There was no immediate word on his condition.
“We are seeking total clarity on the situation before we comment further”, the Olympic Council of Ireland said in the statement.
Last week, a THG director, Irishman Kevin Mallon, was arrested in his hotel room with 823 VIP and hospitality package tickets allocated to the Irish Olympic Committee, police said on Thursday morning.
Earlier in the day a judge from an special spectators and mega event ordered the arrest of four directors of global hospitality ticketing company THG.
THG Group is owned by the Marcus Evans Group.
Kevin James Mallon, a director of THG Sports, was arrested in Rio on August 5 in possession of nearly 1,000 premier tickets for Games events.
Mallon was detained on suspicion of illegally reselling tickets at inflated prices and faces charges of false marketing.
Brazilian police have arrested the head of Ireland’s Olympic Council in a scalping investigation.
Police say the Rio committee has told it that it was not informed by the OCI or its authorised ticket reseller Pro10 that some of the OCI’s personal quota was being handed back for general sale.
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The IOC official is reported to have rejected a request to include an independent person on the OCI’s probe into the ticketing scam.
