Frank Lampard was gobsmacked after his face popped up on a stash of lethal “ice meth” worth £38millon down under.
The Chelsea hero’s picture was slapped on the gear discovered in duffel bags knocking about in Sydney. The snap used is a throwback from 2017 showing Lamps suited and booted, bidding farewell to Stamford Bridge supporters.
Each bit of the naughty stuff was swaddled in cling film with Lampard’s presence believed to be the mark of a gang. Investigators believe the drug producer may therefore be a Blues fan.
Responding to the bizarre news, Lampard told The Sun: “Yeah, you probably know my answer on that one. What am I gonna say about that? I’m not aware of it. I don’t even know what to say to you to be honest. I’ve literally no comment on that.”
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Australian Federal Police swooped in on the 95kg batch from LA to Maroubra, East Sydney. The alleged trafficker Richard Prothero, 37, from South West Sydney’s Liverpool suburb, was arrested at gunpoint in the car park of the surf club, where the drugs were found, on Tuesday.
He was later charged with attempting to possess a commercial quantity of border-controlled drugs.
Det Supt Kristie Cressy of the Australian Federal Police said massive 60kg meth haul could have been split into 600,000 street wraps. “Methamphetamine, like all illicit drugs, causes psychological, financial and social harm to users, their loved ones and the broader community,” she said.
“Criminals do not care about the harm they cause. They are motivated by the profits they can make. Across Australia there were 10,100 methamphetamine-related hospitalisations in 2021-2022 which equates to more than 27 every day on average.”
“This has an impact on the health system that can negatively affect the entire community. Investigations like this show the resolve and relentlessness of our investigators in making Australia a hostile environment for organised crime.”