Former Arsenal striker and Ipswich Town Jay Emmanuel-Thomas have pleaded guilty to the 60-kilograms cannabis smuggling orchestration at Stansted Airport, Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said Wednesday.

The 34-year-old, who was released from the Second Scottish Division Club Greenock Moreton After being charged last year, he entered his prayer at Chelmsford Crown Court.

NCA said Emmanuel-thomas He had recruited his girlfriend and another woman to travel to Thailand, where Emmanuel-Thomas briefly played in 2019, to collect cannabis and smuggle her to Britain.

Both women were also accused of smuggling cannabis, but the prosecution offered no evidence against them and the charges were dropped on Wednesday, NCA added.

Emmanuel-Thomas will be sentenced to a later date.