Australian spinner Stuart MacGill charged in $330,000 cocaine deal case

Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill has been charged by the New South Wales (NSW) police in an alleged $330,000 cocaine deal case. The spinner is accused of taking part in a job in facilitating the deal. MacGill was arrested on 12 September however was later launched on bail.

MacGill reportedly facilitated a deal between two individuals for 1kg of cocaine to be bought in 2019. The cricketer was allegedly overwhelmed up in April 2021 earlier than being dumped out of a automotive. The incident is reportedly associated to the alleged cocaine deal.

Six males had been arrested within the incident. “It was not something you’d even like to happen to your worst enemy,” MacGill reportedly stated. “I didn’t know where we were, I didn’t know where we were going and I was scared.”

The New South Wales police has launched an announcement saying that an investigation is underway. “In April 2021, detectives attached to State Crime Command’s Robbery & Serious Crime Squad commenced an investigation into drug supply arising out of the alleged kidnapping of a man on Sydney’s Lower North Shore in April 2021,” the police stated.

They additional added, “Following extensive inquiries, about 6pm on Tuesday 12 September 2023, strike force detectives arrested a 52-year-old man at Chatswood Police Station, where he was charged with knowingly take part supply prohibited drug of large commercial quantity.”

MacGill reportedly owed $1000 cocaine debt to one of many males who assaulted him, threatened him with a gun and demanded cash. The cricketer was allegedly held for an hour earlier than being pushed to Belmore the place he was launched.

The prices in opposition to MacGill carry a possible most penalty of life in jail.