A LaLiga footballer has accepted a six-year prison sentence after being accused of leading a drug trafficking ring.
Sergio Contreras, better known as Koke, agreed to a plea deal at a court in Malaga after being warned state prosecutors were seeking to have him imprisoned for 16 years ahead of his trial.
The ex-striker, whose clubs included Malaga, Olympique de Marseille and Sporting CP in Portugal, was one of 17 defendants accused of buying large amounts of drugs that were smuggled in lorries into different European countries. Koke had been described in a pre-trial indictment as the gang leader.
