Christiano Ronaldo's CR7 logo was stamped on a packet of smuggled cocaine worth around 3.2milion pounds.
The border force officers at the Channel Tunnel in coquilles, France raided a lorry on Monday. They found 40 kilos of class A drugs branded in Christiano Ronaldo's logo inside the HGVs trailer,along with bottle top and paper rolls.
The British National Crime agency later arrested and cahrge the lorry's drive Vladimir Mrdak for drug smuggling offences. The 37 years old Serbian appeared in Court on Wednesday and will remain in Court custody until his next court day on August 16.
This haul of cocaine would have fuelled violence and intimidation had it reached the UK" said a spoke man from NCA branch commander Matin grace.
The seizure is a big setback for the criminal network likely to be behind this attempted importation - profit which they would not be able to invest i. Other criminalities.
Working along side our law enforcement partners like border force, we are determined to distrubt organized group involved in drug supply and protect the public".
For Ronaldo, it's not the first time his logo has been associated with crime.
Drug Enforcement Administration agent in the united States raided an apartment in New York in April and discovered about 50kilos of cocaine stamped 'CR7', $10,000 was found in the building and $200,000 hidden in a suitcase.
The drug traffickers, Christopher Jones and Wykin Williams were arrested at the same time.
Incidentally, Rinaldo just opened a new hotel New York, called 'Pestanna CR7 Time Square'
It is alleged that drug traffickers use certain markings,like CR7 for instance,to reveal which gang produced the drug.
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