Wayne Carey said police should have been called when he was banned from Perth Crown Casino

AFL great Wayne Carey said he wants to know why police weren’t called to the Crown casino when he was kicked out for carrying a bag of white powder.

Carey was kicked out of Perth’s Crown casino and last Thursday after a ziplock bag of unidentified white powder fell from his pocket onto a gaming table.

He was later removed from his room and banned from all Crown venues for two years.

Carey said suspicion of illegal activity could have been avoided if police were called to the scene.

‘On two occasions they had an opportunity to call police,’ he told reporters outside a men’s mental health event at the RSL in Wagga Wagga, NSW, on Thursday.

‘If what was alleged had happened then police should have been called straight away.

‘They had another opportunity when I went up to my room to call police and they never called the police.

Carey spoke on the white powder incident for the first time on Thursday after revealing he is considering legal action against Crown

‘I want to know why because if they had called the police I wouldn’t be standing here talking to you about this.

‘If it had occurred the police would have been called.’

Carey also confirmed he offered to give the bag of powder to security before redirecting attention back to R U OK Day and the men’s mental health event.

Western Australian Police Commissioner Col Blanch has also criticised Crown for not reporting Carey to police when they suspected illegal behaviour.

Carey was removed from Perth Crown casino and hotel (above) last Thursday for carrying a bag of unidentified white powder

‘We’ll make an assessment from [the CCTV] but, obviously, we’re on the back foot from the beginning because we didn’t have the initial complaint at the time it occurred, which would have been my preference,’ he told Perth radio station 6PR.

‘I can’t speak directly to the decisions made at the time that occurred, but if there was any suspicion by any person that there were drugs possessed or drugs obtained or was in the possession of authorities down at Crown, I would have expected a phone call to police to manage that matter.

‘We can still speak to witnesses, we can collect CCTV footage, we can perhaps interview Wayne Carey himself if the investigation leads in that direction.

Carey told reporters outside the Wagga Wagga RSL ‘if what was alleged had happened then police should have been called straight away’

‘But again … it will be very difficult without the substance itself to prove whether it was an illicit substance or otherwise.’

Carey revealed he is considering taking legal action against the Crown and demand an apology for causing the saga that has been labelled the final blow to his turbulent career. 

He met with Josh Bornstein from Maurice Blackburn Lawyers on Wednesday to investigate a possible ‘disability discrimination claim’.

News of Carey’s ban broke on Monday and he stood down from his role at Channel Seven and was ‘relieved of his on-air duties’ on Triple M Footy int he aftermath.