The footballer Jay Emmanuel-Thomasthat he debuted with the ArsenalHe has admitted that he tried to traffic with 600,000 pounds (711,000 euros) of cannabis. Emmanuel-Thomas34, he was arrested in September 2024 at the Stansted London airport when they found 60 kilos of cannabis in suitcases.
As declared at the trial, Emmanuel-Thomas, 34, He convinced his girlfriend and a friend to move the drug from Thailand to him United Kingdom in exchange for 3,000 euros for each.
Both were arrested by the police when they reached London coming from Bangkok, But, nevertheless, the charges against them were dismissed when it was discovered, through their conversations with the player, who thought they were moving gold and not drugs. The player acted as an intermediary between the criminal groups of Thailand and of United Kingdom.
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Emmanuel-Thomaswho was fired by his club, the Greenock Morton (Second of Scotland), when the positions were known, he came to play five games with the first team of the Arsenal (It was a fruit of the 'Gunner' quarry and reached the professional team in 2008) and also went through the Aberdeenhe Ipswich Townhe Bristol City and the Queens Park Rangersamong others, in addition to the lower categories of the English team. The player will know his sentence in the coming weeks.
