Shock twist in Stuart MacGill's kidnapping saga
In a shock twist Stuart MacGill has been charged with taking part in a huge cocaine deal, which police allege is related to his kidnapping.
MacGill was reportedly arrested by police from the Robbery and Serious Crime Squad on Tuesday, and has been released on bail, according to The Daily Telegraph.
Police will allege that the 52-year-old facilitated a deal between two people, where they agreed to sell 1kg of cocaine for $330,000 in 2019.
Investigators will also allege that MacGill had a $1000 cocaine debt owed to one of the men, and this debt would be cleared as a benefit of facilitating the deal.
Police allege that this was what led MacGill to be blamed, kidnapped, threatened at gunpoint, and beaten up before he was released in Belmore on April 2021.
The kidnapping incident resulted in six men being arrested.
Police had previously cleared MacGill from any illegal activity and publicly stated that MacGill was an "innocent victim", before further evidence was reportedly uncovered.
MacGill had also given a number of TV interviews after the kidnapping, where he maintained his innocence and recalled the terrifying ordeal.
“I was in a situation that’s foreign to me and I was physically and mentally intimidated.
“I couldn’t have done anything differently, I don’t think," he previously said in an interview with Channel Nine's A Current Affair.
Although the nature of the new information that police received cannot legally be revealed, the charge carries a potential maximum penalty of life in jail.
The famous bowler will face Manly Local Court on October 26 charged with one count of taking part in the supply of a large commercial quantity of cocaine, according to a NSW Communities and Justice spokesman.
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