Ex-mountain bike champ Missy Giove arrested on drug charges; 380 pounds of marijuana seized

Ex-mountain bike champ hit with drug charge in NY

WILTON, N.Y. — Former downhill mountain biking world champion Melissa “Missy” Giove (gee-OH’-vee) has been arrested on drug charges after authorities say they seized hundreds of pounds of marijuana from a truck she was driving in upstate New York.

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officials say the 37-year-old Giove, of Chesapeake, Va., and 30-year-old Eric Canori of Wilton were charged Tuesday with conspiring to possess and distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana.

Authorities say they seized nearly 400 pounds of pot from the truck and from Canori’s home outside Saratoga Springs, 25 miles north of Albany.

Giove and Canori are in the custody of U.S. Marshals pending court hearings Thursday afternoon.

It wasn’t immediately determined if they had hired lawyers.