Frank Lampard responds after his face found in £38million drugs bust in Australia

Australian Police seized drugs worthy millions successful Sydney with the bricks bearing Frank Lampard's look arsenic the ex-Chelsea prima is near stunned by the 7 twelvemonth aged photograph used

Frank Lampard was near speechless aft an aged photograph of him was utilized connected labels for drugs earlier £38million worthy of deadly “ice meth” was seized successful Australia.

An representation of the Chelsea icon was utilized connected bricks of drugs that were recovered successful duffel bags successful Sydney. The bizarre chosen representation is from 2017 and pictures Lampard successful a suit arsenic helium waved goodbye to the Stamford Bridge fans.

Each idiosyncratic ceramic was wrapped successful integrative and marked with the representation of Lampard, which is believed to beryllium the trademark of the pack supplying the drugs. Investigators has suggested that the cause shaper whitethorn beryllium a Chelsea fan.

Lampard, who has been retired of enactment since his little managerial stint backmost astatine the Blues astatine the extremity of the 2022-23 season, was shown a representation of the drugs captured with his look connected but was taken aback.

He told The Sun: “Yeah, you astir apt cognize my reply connected that one. What americium I gonna accidental astir that? I’m not alert of it. I don’t adjacent cognize what to accidental to you to beryllium honest. I’ve virtually nary remark connected that.”

Australian Federal Police tracked the 95kg shipment of methamphetamine from Los Angeles to Maroubra, successful East Sydney. The alleged trafficker Richard Prothero, 37, from South West Sydney’s Liverpool suburb, was arrested astatine gunpoint successful the car parkland of the surf club, wherever the drugs were found, connected Tuesday.

Armed officers swooped successful aft watching him cod a cardinal from nether a car’s bumper and starting the engine. Prothero was charged with attempting to person a commercialized quantity of border-controlled drugs and made nary exertion for bail erstwhile helium appeared successful court.

Australian Federal Police Det Supt Kristie Cressy said the 60kg of methamphetamine could person been divided up into 600,000 thoroughfare wraps. "Methamphetamine, similar each illicit drugs, causes psychological, fiscal and societal harm to users, their loved ones and the broader community," she said.

"Criminals bash not attraction astir the harm they cause. They are motivated by the profits they tin make. Across Australia determination were 10,100 methamphetamine-related hospitalisations successful 2021-2022 – which equates to much than 27 each time connected average.

"This has an interaction connected the wellness strategy that tin negatively impact the full community. Investigations similar this amusement the resoluteness and relentlessness of our investigators successful making Australia a hostile situation for organised crime."

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