From Premier League hopeful to accused criminal, ex- Arsenal player Jay Emmanuel-Thomas is in big trouble. The 33-year-old footballer was arrested on Wednesday morning. Police believe he was involved in a plan to smuggle a massive amount of cannabis into the UK.
What happened?
On September 2nd, Border Force officers at Stansted Airport found something suspicious. Two suitcases that arrived on a flight from Bangkok, Thailand, were full of cannabis. Cannabis is a drug that is illegal in the UK. The officers found a total of 60kg of cannabis! That’s like carrying 132 bags of sugar! The police say this cannabis is worth £600,000. That’s enough money to buy a fancy car or even a tiny house!
Two women, aged 28 and 32, were on the flight with the suitcases. The police arrested them. One of the women is said to be Emmanuel-Thomas’s partner. They had flown from
