“ EX CARDIFF CITY PLAYER CHARGED WITH £600,000”
Thu Sep 19, 2024 2:18 pm
Former Cardiff City player Jay Emmanuel-Thomas has been charged in connection with an attempt to smuggle £600,000 of cannabis through a UK airport. The striker, who made a handful of appearances for the Bluebirds when on loan in 2011, currently plays for Scottish Championship side Greenock Morton.
He was arrested by National Crime Agency officers shortly after 8am on Wednesday, September 18 in Gourock, Inverclyde, Scotland. Emmanuel-Thomas, of Cardwell Road, Gourock, was detained and questioned.
The arrest came after the NCA seized an estimated £600,000 of the class B drug as it was being smuggled through Stansted Airport on September 2. Border Force officers detected roughly 60kg of the drug in two suitcases, which had arrived via a flight from Bangkok, Thailand.
Emmanuel-Thomas has been remanded in custody and is expected to appear before Carlisle Magistrates' Court on Thursday accused of importing class B drugs. The former Livingston, Aberdeen and Arsenal academy product, who lives in Cardwell Road in Gourock, was detained and questioned by officers, and has been remanded in custody ahead of an expected court appearance on Thursday.
Two women aged 28 and 32 were arrested and appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court. They were bailed to appear before Chelmsford Crown Court on October 1.
He was arrested by National Crime Agency officers shortly after 8am on Wednesday, September 18 in Gourock, Inverclyde, Scotland. Emmanuel-Thomas, of Cardwell Road, Gourock, was detained and questioned.
The arrest came after the NCA seized an estimated £600,000 of the class B drug as it was being smuggled through Stansted Airport on September 2. Border Force officers detected roughly 60kg of the drug in two suitcases, which had arrived via a flight from Bangkok, Thailand.
Emmanuel-Thomas has been remanded in custody and is expected to appear before Carlisle Magistrates' Court on Thursday accused of importing class B drugs. The former Livingston, Aberdeen and Arsenal academy product, who lives in Cardwell Road in Gourock, was detained and questioned by officers, and has been remanded in custody ahead of an expected court appearance on Thursday.
Two women aged 28 and 32 were arrested and appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court. They were bailed to appear before Chelmsford Crown Court on October 1.
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Re: “ EX CARDIFF CITY PLAYER CHARGED WITH £600,000”
Thu Sep 19, 2024 5:49 pm
What is it with ex footballers and drug smuggling/drug dealing.
Re: “ EX CARDIFF CITY PLAYER CHARGED WITH £600,000”
Thu Sep 19, 2024 10:02 pm
Should have used a JET 