A former Premier League footballer has been given seven years in prison for his role in a multi-million-pound drug smuggling ring.
Ronnie Stam, 41, who played for Wigan for three years from 2010, was charged with trying to smuggle £48m-worth of cocaine (2,217 kilos) into the Netherlands.
The prosecution asked for the judge to give Stam a 13-year sentence, but he was found not guilty of two of the more serious charges.
The former Dutch title-winner was instead convicted of smuggling 724kg of cocaine into the Netherlands in addition to MDMA and possession of laughing gas (nitrous oxide).
