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Troubled former AFL star Ben Cousins arrested

Emerging media reports say it's related to separate breeches of a violence restraining order.

The fallen former AFL star Ben Cousins has been arrested outside a Perth home, Channel Nine in WA is reporting.

Updated reports say the 38-year-old has been charged with two counts of breaching a violence restraining order and one of possessing methamphetamine. He was arrested by police yesterday (Monday).

Cousins made headlines earlier this year when he was found directing traffic on a busy Perth highway in a disoriented state. He was taken to hospital at the time.

More to come.

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