Ex-Premier League star Ronnie Stam jailed for seven years in multi-million pound drug-smuggling probe
WHAT A DOPE Ex-Premier League star Ronnie Stam jailed for seven years in multi-million pound drug-smuggling probe
FORMER Premier League star Ronnie Stam has been jailed for SEVEN YEARS after being found guilty of drug smuggling.
The former Wigan Athletic ace was charged with conspiring to smuggle more than TWO TONNES of cocaine into his homeland.
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Former Wigan star Ronnie Stam has been jailed for drug smuggling
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The street value of the cocaine, which was set to arrive from South America, was a whopping £48.6MILLION.
Stam was facing a total of 13 years behind bars as prosecutors deemed him to be a major player in the operation.
But the 41 years has been handed a seven-year custodial sentence instead.
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