Jokes on them: Swindon trio banned for huffing nitrous oxide

London - A trio of Swindon Town players have been suspended amid reports they inhaled nitrous oxide on a live social media video.

The images appeared to show Drissa Traore, Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill and Jeremy Balmy taking the legal high commonly known as laughing gas or hippy crack, via balloons.

They were also filmed smoking a shisha pipe during the 18-minute video, which emerged 24 hours after the League One strugglers lost at Oldham.

Between 2006 and 2012, 17 people in Britain died after taking nitrous oxide, while Manchester City's England winger Raheem Sterling, then at Liverpool, was photographed allegedly taking the substance in 2015.

"The club have already started an internal investigation into the trio's recent conduct," a Swindon statement read.

"They will not be considered for selection during this process."