Former Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill charged over $330k cocaine plot

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Australian cricket great Stuart MacGill has been charged by police after an investigation into a $330,000 cocaine deal.

The cult hero spinner was arrested by police from the Robbery and Serious Crime Squad on Tuesday and has been released on bail, News Corp first reported.

Police will reportedly allege MacGill facilitated a deal between two people where an agreement was reached for 1kg of cocaine to be sold for $330,000 in 2019.

MacGill was in 2021 beaten up before being dumped out of a car, he said during a shock interview last year. NSW Police allege the kidnapping incident is related to the alleged cocaine plot.

The kidnapping incident resulted in the arrests of six men.

“It was not something you’d even like to happen to your worst enemy,” MacGill said last year.

“I didn’t know where we were, I didn’t know where we were going and I was scared.

“From that point, they stripped me naked, beat me up, threatened me and then just dumped me.

“That was over the course of maybe three hours out in the middle of nowhere in a little shed.

“I was scared, I was humiliated and I really didn’t know what was going to happen. Then they chucked me back in the car and dropped me in Belmore, and I didn’t really know where I was then either, to be honest.”

MacGill has previously been interviewed by police about the alleged cocaine deal, but has not been charged until now as a result of new information coming to light, according to News Corp.

The charge carries a potential maximum penalty of life in jail.

He will face Manly Local Court on October 26 charged with one count of taking part in the supply of a large commercial quantity of cocaine.

Former Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill charged over $330k cocaine plot

Former Aussie Test star Stuart MacGill charged over $330k cocaine plot

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[happydavy]

The price for 1 kg, mentioned in the article, don't seem correct though.

 

[Ali T]

Wow that's shocking news !

 

[Asad T]

Wow, it's like a Breaking Bad / Narcos episode. He should have just stuck to coaching.
But I do hope they make a netflix documentary on this one day

 

[sweep_shot]

Damn! Didn't expect him to do this.

 

[Major]

Is it me or do leg spinners always fall in controversy.

Shane Warne and his cases. Yasir Shah and his pedophile case. And now Stuart Mcgill

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

The jury heard that the illicit exchange of Aus$330,000 for a kilogramme of cocaine was struck between MacGill’s regular drug dealer and the former cricketer’s brother-in-law Marino Sotiropoulos.​

Former Australian leg-spinner Stuart MacGill has been found guilty of facilitating a drug deal between his brother-in-law and a dealer, with the Sydney District Court jury rejecting his claims of merely introducing the two parties.

The 54-year-old was, however, acquitted of a more serious charge of supplying a large commercial quantity of a prohibited drug but convicted on a lesser count of participation in the transaction, according to the verdict that came after an eight-day trial in the New South Wales District Court.

The jury heard that the illicit exchange of Aus$330,000 for a kilogramme of cocaine was struck between MacGill’s regular drug dealer and the former cricketer’s brother-in-law Marino Sotiropoulos.

According to Australian media reports, MacGill facilitated the meeting under his restaurant on Sydney’s north shore, where the deal was allegedly set up. Prosecutors argued the deal could not have occurred without MacGill’s prior involvement. His sentencing hearing was adjourned for eight weeks.


The case dates back to April 2021, a period that also saw MacGill claim he was kidnapped and assaulted, allegedly due to the fallout from the drug deal.


MacGill, whose 44-Test career, though distinguished, was often overshadowed by legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne. MacGill amassed 208 wickets in his Test career spanning between 1998 and 2008, but post-retirement his life has been marred by legal troubles and personal controversies.

Former Aussie leggie MacGill found guilty of facilitating drug deal - The Statesman

The jury heard that the illicit exchange of Aus$330,000 for a kilogramme of cocaine was struck between MacGill’s regular drug dealer and the former cricketer's brother-in-law Marino Sotiropoulos.

www.thestatesman.com

 

[Bhaijaan]

I hope Zampa turns out clean. So far he’s just gay.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

I just read about this today. This guy was a top class bowler but his path was blocked by Warnie. What a shame he ended up going down this route.

 

[U$ofA]

Unfortunate for McGill that IPL was not there when he was a player. Rather it was in it's infancy. If it was present day, McGill would never have had the need to get a second "job".