Former Atletico Madrid player Jason Pusey, who has won four caps for Gibraltar, was caught intending to supply drugs by police when using an encrypted messaging network
A professional footballer has been jailed for 11 years and three months after being found guilty of attempting to supply drugs with an estimated street value of £3m to south London gangs.
Jason Pusey, 34, was sentenced at Kingston-Upon-Hull Crown Court on Tuesday for his role in supplying 107kgs of cocaine, 235kgs of ketamine, and 447kgs of cannabis intended for the streets of the capital. Formerly on the books of Atletico Madrid’s academy and with four senior caps for Gibraltar to his name, centre back Pusey was caught by investigators when using the Encrochat messaging network under the username ‘IrregularFog’ in June 2020.
Detectives closed in on Pusey after finding that passwords used by the footballer matched the names and dates of birth of family members.
Last summer he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drug (cocaine), conspiracy to supply Class A (Ketamine) and conspiracy to supply Class B (Cannabis) having been arrested on June 23, 2023.
Detective Constable Duncan Askew, from the Met’s Specialist Crime team, said: “Pusey arranged large-scale drug deals while also maintaining a well-respected football career. On the surface he appeared as a doting family man – but he was making millions sending commercial scale amounts of controlled drugs to south London gangs.
“He did this all with no thought of the misery and devastation caused in London communities by drug supply, and the violence it leads to.
“Operation Eternal investigations over the last three years have resulted in the Met identifying and jailing major players in the criminal fraternity, and stemming the flow of drugs and guns onto the streets.
“The drugs trade relies upon exploitation and violence to operate and we will continue to relentlessly pursue those involved, and put them before the courts.”
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