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The 35-year-old was arrested in Brazil for his involvement in a cock-fighting ring
he was also in trouble with the police in 2011 for a similar misdemeanour
Former Barcelona and Middlesbrough midfielder Fabio Rochemback has been detained in Palmeira das Missoes, Brazil, for his part in a cock-fighting ring, according to Globoesporte.
The 35-year-old was caught red-handed when the police carried out a raid
The authorities seized €25,000 and 89 cockerels
It is not the first time Rochemback has had a scrape with the law for cock-fighting
the police found cockerels bred for fighting in his farm in Soledade
Rochemback's father denied that his son was there are the time of the police said: "Fabio was with me at the farm in Soledades
but he has now returned to Porto Alegre," he told Globoesporte