The 33-year-old striker who plays for Greenock Morton faces a charge of drug importation after cannabis worth £600,000 was found in suitcases at Stansted Airport.
Former Aberdeen player Jay Emmanuel-Thomas has appeared in court accused of drug importation after £600,000 worth of cannabis was found stashed in suitcases at a UK airport.
The footballer was transported to Carlisle to be questioned. And he appeared in front of deputy district judge Steven Jonas at the city’s magistrates’ court early this afternoon. No plea was entered to the charge when it was read to him by the court legal advisor on the instruction of his lawyer, Nathaniel Gadsby. “There is no indication of plea,” Mr Gadsby confirmed. “There is scant information ; just four witness statements. It is pretty much impossible to tell what is even charged, I’m afraid.”
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A total of four suitcases were said to have been seized. Some 29kg of cannabis were spread across two of these, with 31kg contained in the remaining two. The estimated total potential street value of the drug was £600,000. A legal advisor said the charge was such that it could be dealt with at a magistrates’ or crown court. Deputy district judge Jonas ruled the allegation was too serious to be dealt with in a magistrates’ court.
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