Former Australian Check cricketer Stuart MacGill has been charged over his alleged position in supplying a big quantity of cocaine.
Key factors:
- Police say Stuart MacGill has been granted strict bail circumstances
- An investigation into Mr MacGill started after he claimed to have been kidnapped in 2021
- Mr MacGill will face a court docket listening to on October 26
Police arrested the 52-year-old at Chatswood Police Station on Tuesday evening and charged him with knowingly collaborating within the provide of a big industrial amount of a prohibited drug.
The investigation into Mr MacGill started in April 2021 after he was allegedly kidnapped by a gaggle of males.
Police allege Mr MacGill was approached by a person at an intersection in Cremorne on the night on April 14 earlier than he was compelled right into a automotive, allegedly taken to a farm in Bringelly, had his garments taken off and was assaulted and threatened at gun level.
Of the six males allegedly concerned in his kidnapping, one was the brother of his former companion.
Police beforehand mentioned Mr MacGill could have been focused as a result of a friendship with an individual who allegedly stole 2 kilograms of cocaine.
Mr MacGill has beforehand said he had no data of the alleged drug deal.
MacGill launched on bail
Mr MacGill is scheduled to face Manly Native Courtroom on October 26 over the alleged drug provide.
Police mentioned he had been launched on strict bail circumstances till his scheduled look.
Earlier this yr Mr MacGill was cleared of intimidating and utilizing offensive language in direction of a bar supervisor in an incident on the Argyle Bar within the Rocks in Sydney final yr.
The previous cricketer performed for the Australian males’s Check staff for 10 years, taking greater than 200 wickets.