Former FA Cup winner Stam faces a heavy 13-year prison sentence for drug smuggling

A former Premier League player who won the FA Cup faces a heavy fine of up to 13 years in prison for smuggling 2 tons of drugs! According to a recent report by The Sun, former Premier League defender and former Wigan player Ronnie Stam and his brother Rudy were accused of smuggling 2 tons of cocaine, with a staggering market value of £48 million. If convicted, the 40-year-old could also be fined up to £1.5 million.

Ronnie Stam, a former FA Cup winner, faces a heavy fine of 13 years in prison for drug smuggling

During his time at Wigan, he won the FA Cup. Ronnie Stam made 73 appearances in three Premier League seasons for Wigan between 2010 and 2013. He won the 2013 FA Cup with the team, but missed the final due to injury before moving to Belgian club Standard Liège at the end of the season.

The retired player was tried at the Breda Court in the Netherlands with his 43-year-old brother Rudy. Prosecutors allege that the brothers transported cocaine from South America to the Netherlands in 2020 and 2021. Investigators found evidence of multiple drug shipments in the encrypted mobile phone chat records of the two, and there were photos showing cocaine blocks.

The prosecutor requested that Ronnie Stam be sentenced to 2038 in prison and fined 1.7 million euros; If convicted, Rudy Stam faces more than six years in prison and a fine of the same amount.