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More Irish Olympic officials named in ticket scalping probe

Police in Rio de Janeiro will speak to three more members of Ireland's Olympic executive committee as they continue to investigate alleged scalping of tickets for the Summer Games.

Police plan to speak to several members of the Irish delegation on Tuesday

Brazilian police raided Ireland's office at the athletes village Sunday as delegation members had their passports seized as part of an investigation into ticket scalping. (Silvia Izquierdo/The Associated Press)

Irish Olympic officials have confirmed the names of executive committee members who have had their passports seized in Rio de Janeiro in connection with a ticket fraud investigation.

Brazilian police took possession on Sunday of the passports of chef de mission Kevin Kilty, CEO Stephen Martin and general secretary Dermot Henihan, a spokesperson for the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) told CBC on Monday.

A previous statement said police also seized the officials' phones and laptops.

The OCI also confirmed police had hoped to seize the passports of three other executives — John Delaney, William O'Brien and Linda O'Reilly — but all three officials were in Ireland.

O'Brien is the acting OCI president, standing in for Patrick Hickey, who has been arrested and detained in Brazil as police investigate the alleged ticket scam.

3 other officials not under arrest 

No further arrests were made Sunday, but the OCI said additional members of its delegation have been "asked to present for questioning at a local police station on Tuesday. They agreed to do so."

"We are continuing the investigation into the international scheme of ticket scalping," Rio police said Sunday after a raid on Ireland's office at the athletes' village. "Agents are conducting investigations since this morning which will continue until Tuesday."

The OCI issued a statement on Monday, after its executive committee met for the first in person since the Rio Games began. 

"The committee discussed recent events in Rio regarding ticketing arrangements at the Games, which it takes very seriously," it said.

Members also decided to appoint what it called a "three-person crisis management subcommittee to lead the council's response to the recent events in Rio."

​The 16-day Olympics wrapped up Sunday with the closing ceremony.

With files from CBC's Thomas Daigle and The Associated Press