Former Australian star
cricketer Stuart MacGill has been charged over his alleged role in a large
cocaine supply plot.
Police arrested the
52-year-old, who played 44 Test matches for Australia, in Sydney on Tuesday.
Their investigation was
sparked when MacGill was allegedly abducted and beaten in 2021.
The former spinner is yet
to enter a plea but has previously denied being involved in supplying drugs.
MacGill made global
headlines in April 2021 after telling police he was confronted and forced into
a car in the Sydney suburb of Cremorne.
He was allegedly driven to
a remote site on the city's outskirts, where he says he was assaulted and
threatened at gunpoint, before being driven to a third location and released.
MacGill sustained minor
injuries in the alleged incident but did not require medical care.
In an interview following
the alleged abduction, MacGill said "I've done nothing wrong" and
police at the time said he was "purely" a victim.
Six people - including his
then-partner's brother - have been charged over the incident.
But after a two-year probe,
police have now also charged MacGill with taking part in the supply of a large
commercial quantity of a prohibited drug.
Local media have reported
the alleged deal involved more than $300,000 of cocaine.
MacGill has been released
on bail and will return to court on 26 October.
At one point ranked the world's second-best bowler, behind his team-mate Shane Warne, MacGill was a spinner for the national team between 1998 and 2008
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