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Ex-footballer Jay Emmanuel-Thomas jailed over £600,000 cannabis smuggling plot

The court heard how the striker recruited his girlfriend and her friend to bring £600,000 of cannabis from Thailand

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2025

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

Footballer who played for clubs including QPR and Aberdeen recruited his girlfriend and her friend to bring £600,000 of cannabis into the UK from Thailand

Evening Standard · Jun 5, 2025

Footballer thought he was ‘importing gold not cannabis’ in drug smuggling plot

Border Force officers detected the drugs in two suitcases at an airport

The Independent UK · May 21, 2025