Ex-Arsenal academy footballer jailed over ?600,000 drug smuggling plot

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas was arrested after NCA officers seized cannabis being transported through Stansted by two women he had recruited
An ex-Arsenal academy footballer has been jailed for four years for his involvement in a ?600,000 drug smuggling plot after a court heard his financial difficulties after a period out of contract led to a ?catastrophic error of judgment?.
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas was arrested after officers from the National Crime Agency seized an estimated ?600,000 of cannabis as it was being brought through Stansted by two women he had recruited ? his girlfriend and her friend.
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