Former Aussie cricketer Stuart MacGill charged over $330k cocaine plot
September 15th, 2023 11:45 am
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,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.“It was not something you’d even like to happen to your worst enemy,” MacGill said last year.Stuart MacGill. Photo: Phil Hillyard.“From that point, they stripped me naked, beat me up, threatened me and then just dumped me.“I was scared, I was humiliated and I really didn’t know what was going to happen.
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.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.
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