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Robbery and Serious Crime Squad detectives have charged a man after prohibited drugs and a firearm were seized during a vehicle stop and search
01:02 EDT, 11 May 2021 New details have emerged of how an undercover police operation investigating the alleged abduction of former cricketer Stuart MacGill helped gather the damning evidence needed to make four arrests. The retired spin bowler was allegedly confronted outside his unit on Sydney's lower north shore on April 14, forced into a vehicle and taken 60 kilometres to Bringelly in western Sydney. MacGill was allegedly held against his will after becoming embroiled in an alleged $660,000 cocaine rip-off before he was driven to Belmore and released. Marino Sotiropoulos, the brother o...
06:08 EDT, 10 May 2021 12 shares Cricket star Stuart MacGill was held against his will for four hours after becoming embroiled in an alleged $660,000 cocaine rip-off, according to court documents. The retired leg spinner has made a nine-page statement about his alleged ordeal which was tendered in court on Monday along with a statement by his girlfriend Maria O'Meagher. Police allege MacGill was kidnapped after unwittingly introducing an acquaintance, known only as Sonny, to Marino Sotiropoulos, the brother of Ms O'Meagher. Sotiropoulos allegedly supplied Sonny with 2kg of cocaine sourced ...
07:00 EDT, 6 May 2021 Stuart MacGill was allegedly kidnapped and beaten after an acquaintance of the cricketing great failed to pay for 2kg of cocaine worth about $600,000. Daily Mail Australia understands MacGill innocently introduced Marino Sotiropoulos, the brother of his girlfriend Maria O'Meagher, to a mystery man known only as Sonny. MacGill and Sotiropoulos were once close but the retired leg spin bowler's association with Sonny is unclear and there is no suggestion he knew he was allegedly a drug dealer. Sotiropoulos later allegedly helped supply Sonny with 2kg of cocaine provided b...