Cricket legend Stuart MacGill of Australia is accused of being involved in a $330,000 cocaine deal

According to reports, Australian spin legend Stuart MacGill may face charges from the authorities for his involvement in a cocaine transaction facilitation. MacGill was detained on Tuesday of this week before being freed on bail.

Several allegations in Australian media claim that the 52-year-old took part in a $330,000 cocaine transaction in 2019 that included two more individuals.

In a shocking turn of events in 2021, MacGill was abducted, assaulted, and tossed out of a vehicle. The authorities believe this was connected to the trade he helped orchestrate two years before. Approximately six persons were detained as a result of the event.

According to a statement from the New South Wales (NSW) police, the matter is still under investigation.

In response to the alleged abduction of a man on Sydney’s Lower North Shore in April 2021, detectives of the State Crime Command’s Robbery & Serious Crime Squad launched an investigation into drug supply in April 2021, according to the statement.

“After conducting in-depth investigations, strike force detectives detained a 52-year-old man at Chatswood Police Station about 6pm on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. He was charged with knowing taking part in the supply of a substantial commercial amount of a banned narcotic. He was given a stringent conditional release order and told to appear in court in Manly, Australia, on October 26, 2023, it said.

Between 1998 and 2008, MacGill participated in 44 Test matches and three One-Day Internationals. He was reportedly abducted and transported to a residence in southwest Sydney. He is alleged to have spent an hour there being beaten, threatened with a pistol, and forced to pay the kidnappers money.

With the former Australia batsman himself denying any such participation, MacGill was first said to be a victim in the whole episode and not engaged in any unlawful activities.

You wouldn’t even want your worst enemy to experience it. Last year, MacGill had said, “I didn’t know where we were or where we were heading, and I was afraid.