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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Matt Watts

Former Arsenal prodigy Jay Emmanuel-Thomas jailed for four years over drug smuggling plot

Ex-Arsenal academy footballerJay Emmanuel-Thomas has been jailed for four years for his involvement in a £600,000 drug smuggling plot.

The forward, who played for clubs including QPR and Aberdeen, got involved in the conspiracy in a “catastrophic error of judgment” after falling into financial difficulty after a period out of contract, the court was told.

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