Ex Arsenal striker was pot smuggler

A former Arsenal striker who recruited his girlfriend to smuggle £600,000 worth of cannabis into the UK is facing years in jail. Jay Thomas, 34, said he felt ‘sorry’ for using Yasmin Piotrowska, 33, in the drugs plot. Piotrowska and her friend Rosie Rowland, 29, were offered all expenses paid trips to Thailand where the weed was collected and stashed in suitcases. They were stopped by Border Force officers at Stansted Airport after landing on a flight from Bangkok on…